Storage Capacities

Term Equals Bytes (Actual) Power

Byte 1 character 1

Kilobyte 1,024 bytes 1,024 210

Megabyte 1,024 kilobytes 1,048,576 220

Gigabyte 1,024 megabytes 1,073,741,824 230

Terabyte 1,024 gigabytes 1,099,511,627,776 240

Petabyte 1,024 terabytes 1,125,899,906,842,624250

Exabyte 1,024 petabytes 1,152,921,504,606,846,976260

Zettabyte 1,024 exabytes 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 270

Yottabyte 1,024 zettabytes1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 280

*Byte: Storage space on disk or in memory for one character, such as the letter A, the number 1, or the symbol $

Storage Capacities

Term & Abbreviation(s) Bytes (Approximate) One

Kilobyte (K or KB) 1,000 Thousand

Megabyte (M or MB or megs) 1,000,000 Million

Gigabyte (G or GB or gigs) 1,000,000,000 Billion

Terabyte (TB) 1,000,000,000,000 Trillion

Petabyte (PB) 1,000,000,000,000,000 Quadrillion

Exabyte (EB) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 Quintillion

Zettabyte (ZB) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Sextillion

Yottabyte (YB) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000Septillion

*Byte: Storage space on disk or in memory for one character, such as the letter A, the number 1, or the symbol $

Examples

1 Page Report ~3,500 bytes (or ~3,500

characters)

10 Page Report ~35,000 bytes, or ~35 KB

Floppy Disk 1.44 MB

~300-400 pages

CD ~650 MB

~195,000 pages DVD ~4.7 GB

~1,500,000 pages

Dual Layer DVD ~8.5 GB ~2,600,000 pages

DS DL DVD ~17 GB ~5,200,000 pages USB Flash Drive (32 KB to) 16 GB

~5,000,000 pages

Hard Disk 350 GB

~107,000,000 pages

RAM 1-3 GB

~300,000-900,000 pages

1 Page Report ~3,500 bytes (or ~3,500

characters)

10 Page Report ~35,000 bytes, or ~35 KB

Floppy Disk 1.44 MB

~300-400 pages

CD ~650 MB

~195,000 pages DVD ~4.7 GB

~1,500,000 pages

Dual Layer DVD ~8.5 GB ~2,600,000 pages

DS DL DVD ~17 GB ~5,200,000 pages USB Flash Drive (32 KB to) 16 GB

~5,000,000 pages

Hard Disk 350 GB

~107,000,000 pages

RAM 1-3 GB

~300,000-900,000 pages