UNITS: Byte = 1 Character, 8 bits (binary digits), ex. 10110100
K = Kilo = 1,000 (Thousand)
M = Mega = 1,000,000 (Million)
G = Giga = 1,000,000,000 (Billion)
T = Tera = 1,000,000,000,000 (Trillion)
P = Peta = 1,000,000,000,000,000 (Quadrillion)
E = Exa = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (Quintillion)
Z = Zetta = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (Sextillion)
Y = Yotta = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (Septillion)
| 5.25 inch floppy diskette 360K | Romance Novel, 100 pgs |
| 3.5 inch DD diskette 720K | Mid-size Steinbeck Novel |
| 8 inch floppy diskette 1.2 M | Moby Dick |
| 3.5 inch HD diskette 1.44 M | Big Novel: War & Peace |
| Standard CD 650-700 M | Encyclopedia |
| DVD 17 G | Small town library |
| Hard Disk 100 G | All the text in Burlington's Fletcher Free library |
| HD-ROM 165 G | 10 Full-length movies + |
| Zoo's Hard Disk Array 2.6 T | All the text in Bailey Howe library + |