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Adatmennyiség refers to the volume or amount of data. It is a fundamental concept in computing and information technology, describing the quantity of information that is stored, processed, transmitted, or managed. Adatmennyiség is typically measured using standardized units, beginning with the smallest unit, the bit, which represents a binary value (0 or 1).

Larger units are derived from bits. A byte consists of eight bits and is the most common basic unit for representing a single character, such as a letter or number. Kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), terabytes (TB), petabytes (PB), exabytes (EB), zettabytes (ZB), and yottabytes (YB) represent progressively larger quantities of data, each usually being a factor of 1024 (or sometimes 1000) times the preceding unit. For example, a megabyte is approximately one million bytes, and a gigabyte is approximately one billion bytes.

Understanding adatmennyiség is crucial for various applications. In storage, it determines the capacity of hard drives, solid-state drives, and cloud storage services. In networking, it relates to bandwidth and data transfer rates, influencing how quickly information can be sent and received. In data processing, it impacts the performance and resource requirements of software and hardware. The ever-increasing generation and collection of data, often referred to as "big data," have made managing and analyzing vast amounts of adatmennyiség a significant challenge and area of technological development.