Farty's Fortunes

Tuesday 7 October 2008

Computer Terms Illustrated #7

This week: storage sizes, arranged in increasing, er, size.

Bit

Bit

Nybble

Nybble

Byte

Byte

Half-word

Half-word

Full-Word

Remember this?

Double-word 1

Double Word

Killerbyte(sp?)

Killer Bite

Megabyte

Megabite

Gigabyte

Gigabite

Terabyte

Terror Bite

Petabyte

Petabite

Jacobyte

Jacobite

Trilobyte

Trilobite

1 I'm not a fan of Starbucks - can you tell?

7 comments:

#Debi said...

I'm currently reading a series of books in which "Jacobytes" figure prominently, so that one made me giggle... :)

Unknown said...

You're mad!

Honey said...

wot no pirates?

Mr Farty said...

#Debi - I hoped it might raise a smile!

John - Mad? I'm livid! No, wait; that's Mr Angry.

Honey - AAARRRRRR ye happy now?

United Studies said...

How can you not like Starbucks?? I love their Mocha Frappachinos. I just don't like their prices.

Mr Farty said...

Jacki - As I remember, Mocha Frappathingy is cold.coffee. Just wrong. And what's wrong with small, medium and large?

#Debi said...

Starbucks coffee always tastes burnt. A friend who roasts coffee for a small rival firm tells me that this is because they use inferior beans and over-roast them to compensate...