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This timeline of binary prefixes lists events in the history of the evolution, development, and use of units of measure that are germane to the definition of the binary prefixes by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1998, used primarily with units of information such as the bit and the byte. Wikipedia →
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- Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. Its recommended unit symbol is MB. The unit prefix mega is a multiplier of 1000000…
- Kilobyte The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The International System of Units (SI) defines the prefix kilo as a multiplication…
- Gigabyte The gigabyte (/ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt, ˈdʒɪɡəbaɪt/)[improper synthesis?] is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix giga- means 109 in the Internatio…
- Byte The byte is a unit of digital information that commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character…
- Bit The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication. The name is a portmanteau of binary digit. Its symbol is either "bit"…
- IEEE 1541 IEEE 1541-2002 is a standard issued in 2002 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) concerning the use of prefixes for binary multiples…
- Units of information A unit of information is any unit of measure of digital data size. In digital computing, a unit of information is used to describe the capacity of a digital…