file sizes

Digital space quantities

File sizes measure how much digital storage space data occupies.

The base unit is the byte, with prefixes indicating scale: kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), terabyte (TB).

A text document might be a few kilobytes; a movie several gigabytes.

Check the file size before downloading.

Confusingly, these prefixes sometimes follow decimal (1000) and sometimes binary (1024) conventions.

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bloat · data · compression ratio · MP3 · hard drive · JPEG · PNG · block · optimization · downsample · 4K video · raw footage · PDF · image quality · gigabytes · bitrate · thumbnail · terabytes

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file sizesspatial dimensions

Measurable directions in space

volume · height and weight · area · actual size · mass

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file sizesfile names

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file types · file formats · file permissions · metadata · file extensions

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