<xsd:simpleType name="ComputerStorageUnitsContentType">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation>
This code list represents the System Internationale's unit of measure for computer storage.
</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
<xsd:restriction base="xsd:normalizedString">
<xsd:enumeration value="bit">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation source="http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/">
The basic unit of the amount of data. Each bit records one of the two possible answers to a single question: "0" or "1," "yes" or "no," "on" or "off."
</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
</xsd:enumeration>
<xsd:enumeration value="byte">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation>
A unit of information used in computer engineering. Technically the byte is a unit of addressable memory, and its size can vary depending on the machine or the computing language. However, in most contexts the byte is equal to 8 bits.
</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
</xsd:enumeration>
<xsd:enumeration value="kilobit">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation source="http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/">A unit of information equal to 1000 bits, or, in some cases, equal to 1024 bits or 128 bytes. The larger unit is now supposed to be called a kibibit.</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
</xsd:enumeration>
<xsd:enumeration value="kilobyte">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation source="http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/">A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes. As a unit of computer storage, however, the kilobyte is usually equal to 1024 bytes, although this should now be called a kibibyte.</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
</xsd:enumeration>
<xsd:enumeration value="megabyte">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation source="http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/">A unit of information equal to 1 000 000 bytes, but sometimes it means 1 048 576 bytes</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
</xsd:enumeration>
<xsd:enumeration value="gigabyte">
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation source="http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/">A unit of information equal to 1 000 000 000 bytes, but sometimes it means 1 073 741 824 bytes.</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
</xsd:enumeration>
</xsd:restriction>
</xsd:simpleType>
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