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Units of measurement

Bit The smallest unit of data

Byte (B)                         8 Bits= I Character

Kilobyte (KB)                                          1024 (B)

Megabyte (MB)                                          1024 (KB)

Gigabyte (GB)                    1024 (MB)

            Terabyte                                 1024 (GB)
megabits per second (Mbps)
                               measures the speed of a network or internet
        Gigahertz (GHz)                             connection.

                              measures the number of cycles ‫ عدد الدورات‬your
                                          CPU carries out per second.

                              Problems and solutions

     The problem                   The reason                The solution

Trouble processing large       Not enough graphics     Shut down some programs.
files, like a big PowerPoint          storage.
                                                           move old files to an
       presentation.            Not enough space.             external drive.
                              Slow wireless internet
  Not able to store files                              try an ethernet connection
                                    connection.         use ethernet or contact
A poor video-conference
       connection.            connection interrupted.  internet service provider
                                                                   (ISP)
Home internet connection
       not working.

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