Byte, KiloByte, MegaByte, GigaByte
In most computer systems, a byte is a unit of data that is eight binary digits long. A byte is the unit most computers use to represent
a character such as a letter, number, or typographic symbol (for example, "g", "5", or "?").
Bytes are also common in referring to data, you will often see the byte referred to as a KiloByte (KB or 1000 Bytes),
MegaByte (MB or 1,000,000 Bytes) and GigaByte (GB or 1,000,000,000 Bytes).
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