3.3.3 Units of Information

A file has a size of 2048 bytes. Express this size in kilobytes.

When a storage device is advertised as having a capacity of 2 gigabytes (GB), this might actually refer to gibibytes (GiB) since these terms are sometimes used interchangeably but incorrectly so. Explain whether the advertised capacity will appear larger, smaller, or the same when measured in gibibytes (GiB), and justify your answer based on the

Convert the following quantities of bytes into the largest whole unit possible and express the result as a whole number: 1,500,000 bytes and 12,000,000 bytes. State the unit and the corresponding value.

What does the symbol ‘B’ represent in data storage?

Explain the difference between a ‘bit’ and a ‘byte’.