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What is a Megabyte?
| bit |
Either of the digits 0 or 1 when used
in the binary numeration system. (T) |
| byte |
1 A string that consists of
a number of bits, treated as a unit, and representing a character.
(T)
2 A binary character operated upon as a unit and usually shorter
than a computer word. (A)
3 A group of 8 adjacent binary digits that represent one EBCDIC
character. |
| kilobyte (KB) |
1 For processor storage, real
and virtual storage, and channel volume, 210
or 1,024 bytes.
2 For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1,000
bytes. |
| megabyte (MB) |
1 For processor storage, real
and virtual storage, and channel volume, 220
or 1,048,576 bytes.
2 For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1,000,000
bytes. |
| gigabyte (GB) |
1 For processor storage, real
and virtual storage, and channel volume, 230
or 1,073,741,824 bytes.
2 For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1,000,000,000
bytes. |
| terabyte (TB) |
1 For processor storage, real
and virtual storage, and channel volume, 240
or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes.
2 For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1,000,000,000,000
bytes. |
| petabyte (PB) |
1 For processor storage, real
and virtual storage, and channel volume, 250
or 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes.
2 For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1,000,000,000,000,000
bytes. |
| exabyte (EB) |
1 For processor storage, real
and virtual storage, and channel volume, 260
or 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes.
2 For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
bytes. |
| 1 |
one |
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I
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| 10 |
ten |
101 |
X
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| 100 |
hundred |
102 |
C
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| 1,000 |
thousand |
103 |
M
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| 10,000 |
ten thousand |
104 |
X
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| 100,000 |
hundred thousand |
105 |
C
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| 1,000,000 |
million |
106 |
M
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| 10,000,000 |
ten million |
107 |
XM
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| 100,000,000 |
hundred million |
108 |
CM
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| 1,000,000,000 |
billion |
109 |
MM
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| 10,000,000,000 |
ten billion |
1010 |
XM
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| 100,000,000,000 |
hundred billion |
1011 |
CM
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| 1,000,000,000,000 |
trillion |
1012 |
MM
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| 10,000,000,000,000 |
ten trillion |
1013 |
XMM
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| 100,000,000,000,000 |
hundred trillion |
1014 |
CMM
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| 1,000,000,000,000,000 |
quadrillion |
1015 |
MMM
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| 10,000,000,000,000,000 |
ten quadrillion |
1016 |
XMM
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| 100,000,000,000,000,000 |
hundred quadrillion |
1017 |
CMM
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| 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
quintillion |
1018 |
MMM
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| 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
ten quintillion |
1019 |
XMMM
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| 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
hundred quintillion |
1020 |
CMMM
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| 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
sextillion |
1021 |
MMMM
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| 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
ten sextillion |
1022 |
XMMM
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| 100,000,000,000000,000,000,000 |
hundred sextillion |
1023 |
CMMM
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| 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
septillion |
1024 |
MMMM
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| 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
ten septillion |
1025 |
XMMMM
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| 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
hundred septillion |
1026 |
CMMMM
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| 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
octillion |
1027 |
MMMMM
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| 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
ten octillion |
1028 |
XMMMM
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| 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
hundred octillion |
1029 |
CMMMM
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| 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
nonillion |
1030 |
MMMMM
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| 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
ten nonillion |
1031 |
XMMMMM
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| 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
hundred nonillion |
1032 |
CMMMMM
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