Data Volume Measure

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A Data Volume Measure is a data measure for some data source.



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2021

2021

  • https://techterms.com/help/data_storage_units_of_measurement
    • QUOTE:
      • Q: What units of measurement are used for data storage?
      • A: The smallest unit of measurement used for measuring data is a bit. A single bit can have a value of either 0 or 1. It may contain a binary value (such as On/Off or True/False), but nothing more. Therefore, a byte, or eight bits, is used as the fundamental unit of measurement for data. A byte can store 28 or 256 different values, which is sufficient to represent standard ASCII characters, such as letters, numbers and symbols. ...