2.3 Data Storage And Compression

Question 1

How many bits in a bit

Answer 1

1

Question 2

How many bits in a nibble

Answer 2

4

Question 3

How many bits in a byte

Answer 3

8

Question 4

How many bytes in a kilobyte

Answer 4

1,000

Question 5

How many bytes in a kibibyte

Answer 5

1024

Question 6

How many bytes in a mebibyte

Answer 6

1024 x 1024

Question 7

How many bytes in a megabyte

Answer 7

1,000,000

Question 8

How many bytes in a Gigi byte

Answer 8

1024 x 1024 x 1024

Question 9

How many bytes in a gigabyte

Answer 9

1,000,000,000

Question 10

How many bytes in a te I he

Answer 10

1024 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024

Question 11

How many bytes in a terabyte

Answer 11

1,000,000,000,000

Question 12

What is Lossless compression

Answer 12

Lossless compression restores and rebuilds file data in its original form after the file is decompressed

Question 13

What is Lossy compression

Answer 13

In lossy compression, the data in a file is removed and not restored to its original form after decompression. Specifically, data is permanently removed, which is why this method is also known as irreversible compression.