Binary

Question 1

Bit (Binary)

Answer 1

The basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. Consists of 0 or 1 only.

Question 2

Nibble

Answer 2

Nibble contains 4 bits. There are sixteen possible values. It corresponds to a single hexadecimal digit.

Question 3

Byte

Answer 3

Contains eight bits - the number of bits required to encode a single character of text.

Question 4

Kilobyte

Answer 4

2^10 (or 1,000 bytes)

Question 5

Megabyte

Answer 5

2^20 (or 1,000 kilobytes)

Question 6

Gigabyte

Answer 6

2^30 (or 1,000 megabytes)

Question 7

Terabyte

Answer 7

2^40 (or 1,000 gigabytes)

Question 8

Kibibyte

Answer 8

2^10 (or 1,024 bytes)

Question 9

Mebibyte

Answer 9

2^30 (or 1,024 kibibytes)