Data Measurement Chart
Data Measurement Chart
Data Measurement Size
Bit Single Binary Digit (1 or 0)
Byte 8 bits
Kilobyte (KB) 1,024 Bytes
Megabyte (MB) 1,024 Kilobytes
Gigabyte (GB) 1,024 Megabytes
Terabyte (TB) 1,024 Gigabytes
Petabyte (PB) 1,024 Terabytes
Exabyte (EB) 1,024 Petabytes
Connection Speed Chart
Internet Data Rate Data Rate (per Data Rate (per Data Rate (per
Technology (per second) second) second) second)
28.8K Modem 28.8 Kbps 28,800 Bits 3,600 Bytes 3.5 Kilobytes
36.6K Modem 36.6 Kbps 36,600 Bits 4,575 Bytes 4.4 Kilobytes
56K Modem 56 Kbps 56,000 Bits 7,000 Bytes 6.8 Kilobytes
ISDN 128 Kbps 128,000 Bits 16,000 Bytes 15 Kilobytes
T1 1.544 Mbps 1,544,000 Bits 193,000 Bytes 188 Kilobytes
512 Kbps to 8
DSL 8,000,000 Bits 1,000,000 Bytes 976 Kilobytes
Mbps
512 Kbps to 52 6,469 Kilobytes
Cable Modem 53,000,000 Bits 6,625,000 Bytes
Mbps (6.3MB/sec)
5,460 Kilobytes
T3 44.736 Mbps 44,736,000 Bits 5,592,000 Bytes
(5.3MB/sec)
Gigabit 122,070 Kilobytes
1 Gbps 1,000,000,000 Bits 125,000,000 Bytes
Ethernet (119MB/sec)
13,271,000,000 1,658,875,000 1,619,995 Kilobytes
OC-256 13.271 Gbps
Bits Bytes (1.5GB/sec)
Computer Technology Chart
Data Rate Data Rate (per Data Rate Data Rate (per
Computer Technology
(per second) second) (per second) second)
ADB 256 Kbps 256,000 Bits 32,000 Bytes 31.2 Kilobytes
1,500,000 1,464 Kilobytes
USB 12 Mbps 12,000,000 Bits
Bytes (1.42MB/sec)
480,000,000 60,000,000 58,593 Kilobytes
USB 2.0 480 Mbps
Bits Bytes (57.2MB/sec)
FireWire (a.k.a. "IEEE 400,000,000 50,000,000 48,828 Kilobytes
400 Mbps
1394" or "[Link]") Bits Bytes (47.6MB/sec)
Ultra ATA/33 (a.k.a.
33 MB/sec
Ultra DMA/33)
Ultra ATA/66 (a.k.a.
Ultra DMD/66 or Fast 66 MB/sec
ATA-2)
SCSI-1 5 MB/sec
SCSI-2 5-10 MB/sec
10-20
Fast SCSI-2
MB/sec
Wide SCSI-2 20 MB/sec
Fast Wide SCSI-2 20 MB/sec
Ultra SCSI-3 (8-bit) 20 MB/sec
Ultra SCSI-3 (16-bit) 40 MB/sec
Ultra-2 SCSI 40 MB/sec
Wide Ultra-2 SCSI 80 MB/sec
Ultra-3 SCSI 160 MB/sec
Serial ATA (Gen 1) 150 MB/sec 1.2 Gbps
Serial ATA (Gen 2) 300 MB/sec 2.4 Gbps
Serial ATA (Gen 3) 600 MB/sec 4.8 Gbps
Video Format Chart
Video Formats NTSC Resolution (525 Vertical Lines)
8mm 250 Horizontal Lines
VHS 250 Horizontal Lines
VHS-C 250 Horizontal Lines
Hi8 400 Horizontal Lines
S-VHS 400 Horizontal Lines
DV 500 Horizontal Lines
DVD 500 Horizontal Lines
Audio/Video Chart
Audio/Video Data Rate (per Data Rate (per Data Rate (per Data Rate (per
Technology second) second) second) second)
CD 1.4112 Mbps 1,411,200 Bits 176,400 Bytes 172 Kilobytes
1,220 Kilobytes
DVD 10 Mbps 10,000,000 Bits 1,250,000 Bytes
(1.1MB/sec)
3,686 Kilobytes
DV 30.1 Mbps 30,195,712 Bits 3,774,464 Bytes
(3.6MB/sec)
37 Mbps to 43 5,249 Kilobytes
DLP 43,000,000 Bits 5,375,000 Bytes
Mbps (5.2MB/sec)
Data Comparison Chart
Minutes
Minutes
Kilobits Megabits Bytes Kilobytes Megabytes On
Bits (bps) On 4.7GB
(Kbps) (Mbps) (Bps) (KBps) (MBps) 650MB
DVD
CD
28 28,000 0.028 3,500 3.41 0.00334 3,245 24,031
30 30,000 0.03 3,750 3.66 0.00358 3,029 22,429
56 56,000 0.056 7,000 6.83 0.00668 1,622 12,015
80 80,000 0.08 10,000 9.76 0.00954 1,135 8,410
100 100,000 0.1 12,500 12.20 0.01192 908 6,728
150 150,000 0.15 18,750 18.31 0.01788 605 4,485
200 200,000 0.2 25,000 24.41 0.02384 454 3,364
300 300,000 0.3 37,500 36.62 0.03576 302 2,242
500 500,000 0.5 62,500 61.03 0.05960 181 1,345
800 800,000 0.8 100,000 97.65 0.09537 113 841
900 900,000 0.9 112,500 109.86 0.10729 100 747
1,000 1,000,000 1 125,000 122.07 0.11921 90 672
2,000 2,000,000 2 250,000 244.14 0.23842 45 336
4,000 4,000,000 4 500,000 488.28 0.47684 22 168
5,000 5,000,000 5 625,000 610.35 0.59605 18 134
10,000 10,000,000 10 1,250,000 1,220.70 1.19209 9 67
15,000 15,000,000 15 1,875,000 1,831.05 1.78814 6 44
30,000 30,000,000 30 3,750,000 3,662.10 3.57628 3 22