Re: I guess I'm spoiled now

posted by [identity profile] vvalkyri.livejournal.com at 11:31am on 2004-04-13
8 bits = byte -> 1000 bytes = 1 kilobyte (KB) -> 1000 kilobytes = 1 megabyte (MB) -> 1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte (GB)

Each letter I type takes up a byte. Pictures take up far more space. If you look on your hard drive you can see the sizes of documents and pictures.
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posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 11:46am on 2004-04-13
Thank you. This helps a bit. I have enough other questions to tire anyone.
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Re: I guess I'm spoiled now

posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 09:14pm on 2004-04-13
Except that depending on context, KB = 1024 Bytes, and MB = 1024 KB. Round-number thousands anyhow though, and part of the time literally 1000.

"Each letter I type takes up a byte."

Careful -- Unicode screws with that explanation. (Each letter in English takes up one byte. Once you start mixing alphabets, some characters take up more than one byte.)

Historical usage, where bytes were different sizes on different machines, can remain a footnote for now. :-)
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