Definitions Web Design Vocabulary List #1
Use the World Wide Web to find different definitions for the terms listed below.
Attempt to put those definitions in your own words. This will help you to remember them later for our quizzes.
Resource to start with:
webopedia.com
webmonkey.com
wikipedia.com
bit |
binary code |
byte |
kilobyte |
megabyte |
gigabyte |
terabyte |
petabyte |
exabyte |
zettabyte |
yottabyte |
RAM vs ROM |
RGB |
CMYK |
CPU |
hertz |
megahertz |
megapixel |
menu bar |
title bar |
tool bar |
task bar |
To download a PowerPoint with many of the definitions click here.
The table below shows the relationship between the file storage sizes that computers use. Binary calculations are based on units of 1,024, and decimal calculations are based on uints of 1,000. It should be noted that decimal calculations are based on units that have been rounded off to the nearest 1,000 and therefore differ from the actual number of bytes used in binary calculations.
| Name | Symbol | Binary Measurement | Decimal Measurement | Number of Bytes | Equal to |
| kilobyte | KB | 2^10 | 10^3 | 1,024 | 1,024 bytes |
| megabyte | MB | 2^20 | 10^6 | 1,048,576 | 1,024KB |
| gigabyte | GB | 2^30 | 10^9 | 1,073,741,824 | 1,024MB |
| terabyte | TB | 2^40 | 10^12 | 1,099,511,627,776 | 1,024GB |
| petabyte | PB | 2^50 | 10^15 | 1,125,899,906,842,624 | 1,024TB |
| exabyte | EB | 2^60 | 10^18 | 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 | 1,024PB |
| zettabyte | ZB | 2^70 | 10^21 | 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 | 1,024EB |
| yottabyte | YB | 2^80 | 10^24 | 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 | 1,024ZB |