Measurement

Updated: 10/23/2024 by Computer Hope

A measurement determines a dimension, capacity, or quantity of an object, or the duration of a task.

In computers, measurements are constantly occurring and determining the computer's function. These measurements include whether a storage medium has enough space to store a file, the CPU's current temperature, and how long the user is idle.

Processor speed measurements

The following measurements are used when measuring the frequency (speed) of a computer CPU (central processing unit) and are related to the computer's clock speed. The following list is of processor speeds from lowest to highest.

Capacity measurements

The following measurements are used when measuring the capacity or storage of a computer device, like a hard disk drive. The following list is of capacity sizes from lowest to highest.

Note

Not all manufacturers and developers list their value using binary, which is base 2. For example, a manufacturer may list a product's capacity as one gigabyte (1,000,000,000 bytes, a metric value) and not 1,073,741,824 bytes (gibibyte). Below, we're showing both links, when applicable.

Transmission measurements

Transmission measurements are used when measuring the speed of data transmission. For example, the bandwidth speed of your Internet connection is an example of a transmission speed. The following list is of transmission speeds from lowest to highest.

All computer-related measurements

Below is a listing of the different computer measurements you may encounter while working with a computer or in the computer field.

A - F	G - L	M - O	P - Z
Ampere angstrom APM atto Baud BER Bit Bitrate BPS Brontobyte byte Candle Celsius centi Centillion centimeter CFM cm Coulomb CPM CPS Currency Data word dB deci Decibel Degree deka Depth Dot pitch DPI Eb EB Ei Eib EiB Em Em space Epoch exa Exabit Exabyte Exbi Exbibit Exbibyte Fahrenheit Farad femto FLOPS foot footprint FPS Ft	Gb GB GBd Gbps GHz Gi Gib GiB Gibi Gibibit Gibibyte giga Gigabaud Gigabit Gigabyte Gigaflop Gigahertz Googol Googolplex GPPM GWAM hecto Height Henry Hertz Hz inch Interpupillary distance IPD Jiffy Joule Kb KB kBd Kbps kHz Ki Kib KiB kibi Kibibit Kibibyte Kilobaud Kilobit Kilobyte kilohertz kilometer km LIPS LPI LPM Lumen Lux	Mb MB MBd Mbps mebi Mebibit Mebibyte mega Megabaud Megabit Megabyte Megacycle Megaflop Megahertz Megapixel meter Mflop mHz Mi Mib MiB Mickey micro microfarad micron microsecond milli millifarad millimeter millimicron Millisecond Milliwatt mm ms nano nanofarad nanometer Nanosecond Nepers Newton ns nsec none Nibble Nit Null NWAM Octet	Page number Pb PB Pebi Pebibit Pebibyte peta Petabit Petabyte Pi Pib PiB pica pico picofarad pitch point PPI PPM Px Qubit Quetta Quettabyte Radius Rate Refresh rate Rem Resolution Response time RMS Ronna Ronnabyte Root em RPM Second Stripe pitch Tb TB Tebi Tebibit Tebibyte tera Terabit Terabyte Teraflop Terahertz Tflop THz Ti Tib TiB Tick time Triplet Unit VDC Volt Watt Wavelength Weight Width Word WPM yocto- yotta- yottabyte zepto zetta zettabyte

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