User:Dondervogel 2/Logarithmic units

Logarithmic units

Base-10

Level (power ratio)

• The decibel is a unit of level equal to one tenth of a bel.

Information and computer storage

• The deciban is a logarithmic unit of information equal to one tenth of a ban.
• The kilobyte (kB) is a logarithmic unit of computer data storage equal to one thousand bytes.
• The megabyte (MB) is a logarithmic unit of computer data storage equal to one thousand kilobytes.
• The gigabyte (GB) is a logarithmic unit of computer data storage equal to one thousand megabytes.
• The terabyte (TB) is a logarithmic unit of computer data storage equal to one thousand gigabytes.
• The petabyte (PB) is a logarithmic unit of computer data storage equal to one thousand terabytes.
• The exabyte (EB) is a logarithmic unit of computer data storage equal to one thousand petabytes.
• The zettabyte (ZB) is a logarithmic unit of computer data storage equal to one thousand exabytes.
• The yottabyte (YB) is a logarithmic unit of computer data storage equal to one thousand zettabytes.

Frequency ratio

• The decidecade is a logarithmic unit of frequency ratio equal to one tenth of a decade.
• The savart (or heptaméride) is a logarithmic unit of frequency ratio equal to one thousandth of a decade.
• The decaméride is a logarithmic unit of frequency ratio equal to one tenth of a savart.

Base 2

• octave
• phi units (grain size)

Base e

• neper

See also

• ISO 2848
• Logarithmic scale
• pH

References

Category:Units of information