Volt
Definition
A unit of measurement for how much force we have making electrons move toward one direction compared to how many electrons we have.
Folder: Units of Measurement
-
-
kWh
DefinitionAn abbreviation of kilowatt-hour, an unit of measurement of energy. -
kW
DefinitionAbbreviation of kilowatt, an unit of measurement for energy. -
W
DefinitionAn abbreviation for Watt or win. -
Kilowatt-Hour
DefinitionAn unit of measurement equivalent to 3600 kilowatts. -
Kilowatt
DefinitionAn unit of measurement equivalent to 1000 Watts. -
Watt
DefinitionUnit of measurement of energy equal to 1 Joule per second. -
WPM
DefinitionWords per minute. -
KB, MB, GB, TB
DefinitionAbbreviations for the words kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, and terabyte. -
PPI
Pixels per inch: the amount of pixels of a digital image or physical screen that occupy 1 inch of physical space. -
Bits per Pixel
The amount of bits (1's and 0's) necessary to store the color data of a single pixel in a digital image. -
Kilo, Mega, Giga, Tera
Kilo is 1000, mega is 1 million (or a thousand kilos), giga is 1 billion (or a thousand megas), tera is 1 trillion (or a thousand gigas). -
bpp
Bits per pixel: unit of measurement for how many bits are necessary to encode the data of one pixel of an image, e.g. 1bpp, 8bpp, 24bpp, 32bpp. -
Hz
Abbreviation of Hertz, an unit of measurement for how many times per second a cyclic process is executed. -
Hertz
DefinitionAn unit of frequency that measures how many times per second a process occurs, for processes that occur in repeating cycles.