Thursday, 28 November 2013

Bytes And Bits

Bytes And Bits
 
a byte is 8 binary digits long or 8 bit

a nibble is 4 binary digits or 4 bits

a bit is the smallest form of binary number

a kilobyte is 1024 bytes

a megabyte is 1024 kilobytes

a gigabyte is 1024 megabytes

a terabyte is 1024 gigabytes

a petabyte is 1024 terabytes
 
an Exabyte is 1024 petabytes

the human brain is estimated to be around 2.5 petabytes big.

Monday, 25 November 2013

RAM (Random Access Memory) is volatile which means it is lost when the computer is turned off
ROM (Read Only Memory) is non volatile which means it is always there
images are represented with binary code different combinations of binary numbers make different colours.

for example with 1 bit you can have 2 colours mine will be black and white 0 is black  and 1 is white.

1111111111111
1101111111011
1111111111111
1101111111011
1110000000111
1111111111111

psychotic smiling man