| Definition: | amount of data that can be contained in a storage device, expressed as a number of specified data elements EXAMPLE Storage capacity for bits, Mb or Mbit; storage capacity for bytes, MB (or for octets, Mo). Note 1 to entry: The specified data elements depend on the organization of the storage device, for example, binary elements, bytes, words of a given number of bits, blocks. A subscript referring to a specified data element can be added to the symbol. Note 2 to entry: For registers, the term "register length" is used with the same meaning.
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