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Re: bits and bytes (was Re: If I were president, I'd...) (Wishlist) Re: bits and bytes (was Re: If I were president, I'd...) // Wishlist 1  |   Order by index rolu Jul 21, 1999, 6:08pm [View Quote] Eep² <eep at tnlc.com> wrote in message news:379601BD.1308D73B at tnlc.com... > Uh, 1 kilobyte = 1,024 bytes, Horizons. Kilo = one thousand in the metric system, but in computer storage terms it means 1,024. You seem to lose your train of thought often...slow down and think what you're writing about. > > 8 bits = 1 byte (2^3) > 1 kilobyte = 1,024 bytes (2^10) > 1 megabyte = 1,024 x 1,024 = 1,048,576 bytes (or 1 million bytes or 2^20) > 1 gigabyte = 1,024 x 1,024 x 1,024 = 1,073,741,824 bytes (or 1 billion megabytes or 2^30) > > And this is just bytes. Converting bits to bytes is even more confusing. ;) why? 1 kilobit has just as many bits as a kilobyte has bytes. Both 1024. > > bits per second (bps) > kilobit > megabit > gigabit > etc... > > 1  |   Order by index

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