Measurement

When referring to computers, a measurement is the process of determining a dimension, capacity, or quantity of an object or the duration of a task. By using measurements an individual can help ensure that an object is capable of fitting within an area, a storage medium is capable of storing the necessary files, a task will complete in the required time, or how fast a product is when compared to another product. Below is a listing of different computer measurements you may encounter while working with a computer or in the computer field.

A - F Ampere angstrom atto Baud BIT Bitrate BPS byte Candle centi centimeter CFM cm dB deci Decibel Degree deka DPI Eb EB Ei Eib EiB Em Em space Epoch exa Exabit Exabyte Exbi Exbibit Exbibyte femto FLOPS foot footprint FPS

G - K Gb GB Gbps GHz Gi Gib GiB Gibi Gibibit Gibibyte giga Gigabit Gigabyte Gigahertz Googol GPPM hecto Henry Hertz Hz inch Interpupillary distance IPD Jiffy Kb KB Kbps kHz Ki Kib KiB Kibi Kibibit Kibibyte Kilobit Kilobyte kilohertz kilometer km

L - O LIPS LPI LPM Lumen Lux Mb MB Mbps mebi Mebibit Mebibyte mega Megabyte Megaflop Megahertz Megapixel meter Mflop mHz Mi Mib MiB micro micron milli millimeter millimicron Millisecond Milliwatt mm ms nano nanometer Nanosecond Nepers ns nsec none Nibble Null Octet

P - Z Pb PB Pebi Pebibit Pebibyte peta Petabit Petabyte Pi Pib PiB pica pico pitch point PPI PPM Qubit Refresh rate Resolution RPM Tb TB Tebi Tebibit Tebibyte tera Terabit Terabyte Teraflop Ti Tib TiB Tick time Triplet VDC Volt Watt Wavelength yocto- yotta- yottabyte zepto zetta zettabyte

Also see: SI

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