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Computer Skills Course: Bits, Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes (UPDATED VERSION)
If you're new to computers (or even if you're not), the names given to the different memory sizes may seem strange.
Whether it's an 8-megabyte memory card, a 500-gigabyte hard drive, or a 1-terabyte SSD, the terms always seem abstract and arbitrary.
How can you estimate exactly how much space a gigabyte, a terabyte or even a petabyte describes?
