Question

Arrange the following in correct order of units of storage from lowest to highest:
a megabyte, a kilobyte, a terabyte, a nibble, a gigabyte, a byte, a bit.

Hint:

To arrange storage units from lowest to highest, remember the order: \[ \text{Bit} \to \text{Nibble} \to \text{Byte} \to \text{Kilobyte (KB)} \to \text{Megabyte (MB)} \to \text{Gigabyte (GB)} \to \text{Terabyte (TB)} \] Each unit increases by a factor of 1,024.

Answer 1

To arrange these units of storage from lowest to highest, let's first define each unit and its relationship with others:
- Bit (b): The smallest unit of data, either 0 or 1.
- Nibble: A group of 4 bits.
- Byte (B): A group of 8 bits, equivalent to 2 nibbles.
- Kilobyte (KB): 1,024 bytes.
- Megabyte (MB): 1,024 kilobytes.
- Gigabyte (GB): 1,024 megabytes.
- Terabyte (TB): 1,024 gigabytes. Correct Order (Lowest to Highest): \[ \text{Bit} \to \text{Nibble} \to \text{Byte} \to \text{Kilobyte (KB)} \to \text{Megabyte (MB)} \to \text{Gigabyte (GB)} \to \text{Terabyte (TB)} \] Explanation:
- A bit is the smallest unit, and it is the building block for all larger units. - A nibble consists of 4 bits, and a byte consists of 8 bits (or 2 nibbles). - Larger units, like kilobytes , megabytes , gigabytes , and terabytes , increase by a factor of 1,024 at each level.