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Measurements
| Data Unit | Abbreviation | Equivalent (Data Storage) | Power of Ten | ||
| Byte | B | 8 bits | 1 byte | ||
| Kilobyte | K, KB | 210 = 1,024 bytes | 1,000 (one thousand) bytes | ||
| Megabyte | M, MB | 220 = 1,048,576 bytes | 1,000,000 (one million) bytes | ||
| Gigabyte | GB | 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes | 1,000,000,000 (one billion) bytes | ||
| Terabyte | TB | 240 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes | 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) bytes | ||
| Petabyte | PB | 250 = 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes | 1,000,000,000,000,000 (one quadrillion) bytes | ||
| Time | Abbreviation | Equivalent | Additional Information | ||
| femtosecond | fs, fsec | 10-15 seconds | 1 quadrillionth of a second | ||
| picosecond | ps, psec | 10-12 seconds | 1 trillionth of a second | ||
| nanosecond | ns, nsec | 10-9 seconds | 1 billionth of a second | ||
| microsecond | μs, μsec | 10-6 seconds | 1 millionth of a second | ||
| millisecond | ms, msec | 10-3 seconds | 1 thousandth of a second | ||
| second | s, sec | 1/60 of a minute; 1/3,600 of an hour |
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Measurements from Macmillan Science Library: Computer Sciences. Copyright © 2001-2006 by Macmillan Reference USA, an imprint of the Gale Group. All rights reserved.
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