Binary is the original way people program
Data is stored in 1 and 0’s (on/off) (base 2)
It is a series of 1's and 0's (on and off)
It is read from Right to Left (RTL)
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| Unit | How big is it? |
|---|---|
| 1 bit | One binary unit (1/0) |
| 1 nibble | 4 bits |
| 1 byte | 8 bits |
| 1 kilobyte (KB) | 1024 bytes (2^10) |
| 1 megabyte (MB) | 1024 kilobytes (2^20) |
| 1 gigabyte (GB) | 1024 megabytes (2^30) |
| 1 terabyte (TB) | 1024 gigabytes (2^40) |
| 1 petabyte (PB) | 1024 terabytes (2^50) |