Unit 4 — Measurements

It worker suffering data loss
This unit discusses some of the terms used by IT professionals to measure things both great and small.

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Logarithms are used in many areas of science and engineering including computer science and geology.
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Modern hard drives can store 500 gigabytes of data or more.
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How long will it be before the first 5-gigahertz processors become affordable?
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  • Do you think people in IT use too many acronyms? Why?
  • Think of 3 more IT acronyms not listed in this reading. Define each of them and use them in a sentence.