Week 12 Terms

Megabyte

is equal to 1,000 kilobytes

Petabyte

is equal to 1,000 terabytes and precedes the exabyte unit of measurement.

Bandwidth

describes the maximum data transfer rate of a network or Internet connection. It measures how much data can be sent over a specific connection in a given amount of time.

Terabyte

equal to 1,000 gigabytes and precedes the petabyte unit of measurement.

Gigabyte

equal to 1,000 megabytes and precedes the terabyte unit of measurement.

Kilobyte

technically 1,000 bytes, ______ are often used synonymously with kibibytes, which contain 1,024 bytes.

Bit

the smallest unit of measurement used to quantify computer data. It contains a single binary value of 0 or 1

Baud

used to describe the maximum oscillation rate of an electronic signal. For example, if a signal changes (or could change) 1200 times in one second, it would be measured at 1200 ______.

BPS

a standard way to measure data transfer rates, such as network connection and Internet download speeds.

Byte

a unit of measurement used to measure data. One ____ contains eight binary bits, or a series of eight zeros and ones.