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🔄 Data Storage Converter

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💾 Data Storage Scale

Digital data is stored in bits and bytes. 1 byte = 8 bits. Storage capacities scale by powers of 1,024 (binary IEC standard) in practice, though SI defines powers of 1,000.

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Byte

1 text character

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Kilobyte

~1 short email

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Megabyte

~1 photo (JPEG)

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Gigabyte

~1 HD movie

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Terabyte

~1,000 HD movies

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Petabyte

~1M GB — data centre

📋 All Data Storage Units Reference

Unit	Equivalent	Common Use
Bit (b)	Smallest data unit	Network speeds (Mbps, Gbps)
Byte (B)	8 bits	Text files, base unit
Kilobyte (KB)	1,024 Bytes	Small documents, emails
Megabyte (MB)	1,024 KB	Photos, music files
Gigabyte (GB)	1,024 MB	RAM, USB drives, movies
Terabyte (TB)	1,024 GB	Hard drives, backups
Petabyte (PB)	1,024 TB	Data centres, cloud storage

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