Glossary of Terms - Units & Numbers OCR definitions for computing/computer science 0.0 / 5 ? ComputingThe InternetGCSEOCR Created by: kenyoneCreated on: 28-03-16 14:39 Bit A single binary digit: 1 or 0 1 of 11 Byte 8 bits 2 of 11 Nibble 4 bits 3 of 11 Kilobyte 1024 bytes / 210 bytes 4 of 11 Megabyte 1024 kilobytes / 220 bytes 5 of 11 Gigabyte 1024 megabytes / 230 bytes 6 of 11 Terabyte 1024 gigabytes / 240 bytes 7 of 11 Binary 2 Base number system, used by computers, uses the digits 1 & 0 only. 8 of 11 Denary Base 10 number system, how we normally count, uses digits 0 to 9. 9 of 11 Hexadecimal (hex) Base 16 number system used by humans to represent groups of four bits at a time. Uses digits 0 to F. 10 of 11 Overflow When the result of a numeric calculation is too large to be stored in the space reserved for that type of data. 11 of 11
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