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    The document contains two tables. The first table defines the prefixes used to denote byte quantities from kilobytes to zettabytes and their actual values. The second table lists common storage devices, their typical capacities, and reliability comments.

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    The document contains two tables. The first table defines the prefixes used to denote byte quantities from kilobytes to zettabytes and their actual values. The second table lists common storage devices, their typical capacities, and reliability comments.

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    04c Bytes Tables

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    Inomusa Mhlope
    The document contains two tables. The first table defines the prefixes used to denote byte quantities from kilobytes to zettabytes and their actual values. The second table lists common storage devices, their typical capacities, and reliability comments.

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    The table below indicates the prefixes used to denote large values of bytes.

    Please note the


    actual values.

    Prefix Abbrev Multiple Approx. value Actual byte value


    Kilo K 103 Thousand 1KB = 1 024B
    Mega M 106 Million 1MB = 1 048 576B
    Giga G 109 Billion 1GB = 1,073,741,824B
    Tera T 1012 Trillion 1TB = 1,099,511,627,776B
    Peta P 1015 quadrillion 1PB = 1,125,899,906,842,624B
    Exa E 1018 quintillion 1EB = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976B
    Zetta Z 1021 sextillion 1ZB = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424B

    The table below lists storage devices and their typical byte capacity.

    Fixed Device Capacity comment

    Internal hard drive 100MB to 2TB + Very reliable

    Removable devices Capacity comment

    Not reliable
    3 ½” floppy 1.4MB
    (obsolete)

    CD-ROM 700MB Very reliable

    DVD 4.7GB Very reliable

    Blu-Ray 25GB Very reliable

    Flash memory 2GB to 16GB Fairly reliable

    Memory cards 2GB to 16GB Fairly reliable

    External hard drives 500GB to 1TB Very reliable

    On-line storage 500GB free Very reliable

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