Storage Devices

Question 1

What does data consist of?

Answer 1

Bits and bytes

Question 2

What is a bit?

Answer 2

A bit is the smallest unit of data. The word bit comes from binary digit. They are represented by 0 or 1.

Question 3

What is a byte?

Answer 3

A byte is eight bits stuck together in a chunk, one after another.

Question 4

What is a kilobyte?

Answer 4

1000 bytes

Question 5

What is a megabyte?

Answer 5

1 million bytes

Question 6

What is it gigabyte?

Answer 6

1 billion bytes

Question 7

What is a terabyte?

Answer 7

1 trillion bytes

Question 8

What is RAM?

Answer 8

Random access memory, it is a type of temporary storage called memory.

Question 9

What is backing storage?

Answer 9

Backing storage or just storage, is a type of perminant storage. The most common form of this is a hard drive.