IGCSE Computer Science 0478: Measuring data storage
Students learn the units used to measure data, from bit and nibble up to the exbibyte, and how to convert between them using 1024 and give answers in the unit asked.
One content description from the full IGCSE Computer Science 0478 — 1.3 Data Storage and Compression journey. All 15 modules below are in that journey too, with the same content — add just these to a class, or the whole strand.
Modules (15)
1
Bits and the binary digits 0 and 1
2
Nibble
3
Kibibyte (KiB)
4
Mebibyte (MiB)
5
Gibibyte (GiB)
6
Tebibyte (TiB)
7
Pebibyte (PiB)
8
Exbibyte (EiB)
9
The unit ladder: byte to exbibyte
10
Why storage units use 1024, not 1000
11
Converting bits to bytes and bytes to bits
12
Converting to a larger unit
13
Converting to a smaller unit
14
Converting across several units
15
Giving the answer in the unit asked
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