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A byte is eight [[Wikipedia:Bit|bits]], the size of one [[char]]. A kilobyte (KB) is approximately 1000 bytes, while a megabyte (MB) is approximately one million bytes. A gigabyte (GB) is a thousand megabytes.
A [[Wikipedia:Byte|byte]] is eight [[Wikipedia:Bit|bits]], the size of one [[char]]. A kilobyte (KB) is approximately 1000 bytes, while a megabyte (MB) is approximately one million bytes. A gigabyte (GB) is a thousand megabytes.


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Revision as of 00:17, 4 February 2011

A byte is eight bits, the size of one char. A kilobyte (KB) is approximately 1000 bytes, while a megabyte (MB) is approximately one million bytes. A gigabyte (GB) is a thousand megabytes.