Units & Conversion - Word Drop

Data storage is measured in binary multiples. The smallest unit is a ______, a single binary digit of 0 or 1. Four bits make a ______, which is half a byte. Eight bits make a ______, enough to store one character of text.

Larger units step up by 1024 each time, not 1000. One ______ is 1024 bytes. One ______ is 1024 KiB. One ______ is 1024 MiB. One ______ is 1024 GiB. To convert between units, multiply or divide by 1024.

To calculate a file size, multiply the relevant factors. For sound, file size in bits is the ______ in hertz times the ______ in bits times the duration. For an image, file size in bits is the ______, the number of pixels, times the colour depth.

To find how many files fit on a device, divide its ______ by the file size. To find the space needed for several files, multiply the file size by the number of files.