There are bytes in a gigabyte. There are

bytes in a megabyte. How many times greater is the storage capacity of a 1-gigabyte flash drive than a 1-megabyte flash drive?

In computing, an octet is an 8-bit byte encoding information1. In this coding system, based on the binary system, a byte makes it possible to represent 28 numbers, ie 256 different values. One byte can be used to encode numeric values or up to 256 different characters.

The term is commonly used as a unit of measure in computer science (symbol: o) to indicate the storage capacity of memories (RAM or dead memory, capacity of USB keys or disks, etc.). For this purpose, octet multiples such as kilobyte (KB) or megabyte (MB) are commonly used.

This unit also quantifies the speed of information transfer in bytes per second.