Byte

A byte is the unit for digital information in Computing and has the binary value of one. In virtual storage, 1 byte is equal to 8 bits, 1024 bytes are equivalent to 1 kilobyte, 1024 kilobytes are equivalent to 1 megabyte, 1024 megabytes are equivalent to one gigabyte and so on. However in disk storage and other external forms of storage 1000 bytes are equivalent to 1 kilobyte, 1000 Kilobytes are equivalent to a megabyte, 1000 megabytes are equivalent to one gigabyte and etc. Bytes represent information. For example 10 bytes could equal a word, a 100 bytes could equal a sentence, and 1000 bytes could equal a paragraph.