Byte: In both processing and arduino, the byte stores an 8-bit number, from 0 to 255. Byte is an unsigned datatype, so it does not store negative numbers.

 

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Byte: In both processing and arduino, the byte stores an 8-bit number, from 0 to 255. Byte is an unsigned datatype, so it does not store negative numbers.

Kilobyte (KB): This is about a thousand bytes of space. In reality, it's two to the 10th power or 1,024 bytes.

Megabyte (MB): About a million bytes of space. Actually it's 2 raised to the 20th power or 1,048,576 bytes of space.

Megabyte: One million bytes (actually 1,048,576): one thousand kilobytes.

Terabyte (TB): A unit of information storage equal to 1,099,511,627,776 bytes, or, 1000 Gigabytes. 2 to the 40th power (1,099,511,627,776) bytes. This is approximately 1 trillion bytes. 10 to the 12th powe . . . View Full Definition

Bytes: A byte is a unit of information transferred over a network (or stored on a hard drive or in memory). Every web page, image, or other type of file is composed of some number of bytes. Large f . . . View Full Definition

Gigabyte (GB): 2 to the 30th power (1,073,741,824) bytes. One gigabyte is equal to 1,024 megabytes.

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Memory: The word most commonly used to refer to a system's ability to retain specific information, particularly; time, stations,.and other preference settings that are electronically stored and governed.

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