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Bytes, Kilobytes and Megabytes

Computer bytes.

1 byte = 8 bits

Computer bytes
Base 10 - Decimal System			Base 2 - Binary System
1000	1 kilobyte	kB	2¹⁰	1024	1 024 bytes	KiB kibibytes
1000²	1 megabyte	MB	2²⁰	1024²	1 048 576 bytes	MiB mebibytes
1000³	1 gigabyte	GB	2³⁰	1024³	1 073 741 824 bytes	GiB gibibytes
1000⁴	1 terabyte	TB	2⁴⁰	1024⁴	1 099 511 627 776 bytes	TiB tebibytes
1000⁵	1 petabyte	PB	2⁵⁰	1024⁵	1 125 899 906 842 620 bytes	PiB pebibytes

8 bits computers moves 1 byte
16 bits computers moves 2 bytes
32 bits computers moves 4 bytes
64 bits computers moves 8 bytes

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