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Storage Capacity

This document defines common digital storage units like kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, and explains how many multiples of 1024 each unit is. It then calculates how many 3MB photos could be stored on storage devices with capacities ranging from 1 kilobyte to 1 yottabyte. Finally, it lists reasons why hexadecimal is used instead of binary for representing numbers and storage sizes.

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Storage Capacity

This document defines common digital storage units like kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, and explains how many multiples of 1024 each unit is. It then calculates how many 3MB photos could be stored on storage devices with capacities ranging from 1 kilobyte to 1 yottabyte. Finally, it lists reasons why hexadecimal is used instead of binary for representing numbers and storage sizes.

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Unit

Number

Description

Kilobyte =

1024

Bytes

Megabyte =

1024

Kilobytes

Gigabyte =

1024

Megabyte

Terabyte =

1024

Gigabyte

Petabytes =

1024

Terabyte

Exabyte =

1024

Petabytes

Zettabyte =

1024

Exabyte

Yottabyte =

1024

Zettabyte

If I had a 3MB photo how many photos could we store on each device.
Hard drive capacity

Number of 3 MB photo that could be stored.

1 Kilobytes (KB)

None

1 Megabyte (MB)

0.333

1 Gigabyte (GB)

341.3

1 Terabyte (TB)

349491.2

1 Petabytes (TB)

3578789888

1 Exabyte (EB)

3664680845312

1 Zettabyte (ZB)

3752633185599488

1 Yottabyte (YB)

3842696382053875712

Why is hexadecimal used instead of binary?


Hexadecimal is easier to read than binary.
Hexadecimal is easier to convert into binary than denary.
Hexadecimal numbers are more compact than binary.
It is quicker to type hexadecimal numbers that binary.
It is more accurate to type hexadecimal than binary.

You cannot suggest that it uses less memory.

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