win2k and memory
is there any way i can get win2k to display the amount of memory I have in MB instead of KB? if not how many KB are there in 1 MB
is there any way i can get win2k to display the amount of memory I have in MB instead of KB?
if not how many KB are there in 1 MB
if not how many KB are there in 1 MB
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Well if you're going to be pedantic, it's all about powers of 2.
1 bit = 1 binary digit (two-state device)
4 bits = 1 nybble (pretty useless measurement but has a great name)
8 bits = 1 byte (well it has been for a while, but bytes used to be 6 or 7 bits)
1,024 (2^10) bytes = 1 kB (kiloByte)
1,048,576 (2^20) bytes = 1024 kB = 1MB (MegaByte)
1,073,741,824 (2^30) bytes = 1048576 kB = 1024 MB = 1GB (Gigabyte)
Then of course we have the slightly larger ones
1,099,511,627,776 (2^40) bytes = 1024 GB = 1 TB (TeraByte)
1,125,899,906,842,624 (2^50) bytes = 1024 TB = 1 PetaByte
1,152,921,504,606,846,976 (2^60) bytes = 1024 PetaByte = 1 ExaByte
1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 (2^70) bytes = 1024 ExaBytes = 1 ZettaByte
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 (2^80) bytes = 1024 ZettaBytes = 1 YottaByte
I think that my old Vic20 had 5 kB RAM which means my current machine has 52428.8 times the memory capacity of a machine built just over 20 years ago. As for storage space, well, how much could you fit on a cassette tape? Not much anyway...
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Xiven
1 bit = 1 binary digit (two-state device)
4 bits = 1 nybble (pretty useless measurement but has a great name)
8 bits = 1 byte (well it has been for a while, but bytes used to be 6 or 7 bits)
1,024 (2^10) bytes = 1 kB (kiloByte)
1,048,576 (2^20) bytes = 1024 kB = 1MB (MegaByte)
1,073,741,824 (2^30) bytes = 1048576 kB = 1024 MB = 1GB (Gigabyte)
Then of course we have the slightly larger ones
1,099,511,627,776 (2^40) bytes = 1024 GB = 1 TB (TeraByte)
1,125,899,906,842,624 (2^50) bytes = 1024 TB = 1 PetaByte
1,152,921,504,606,846,976 (2^60) bytes = 1024 PetaByte = 1 ExaByte
1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 (2^70) bytes = 1024 ExaBytes = 1 ZettaByte
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 (2^80) bytes = 1024 ZettaBytes = 1 YottaByte
I think that my old Vic20 had 5 kB RAM which means my current machine has 52428.8 times the memory capacity of a machine built just over 20 years ago. As for storage space, well, how much could you fit on a cassette tape? Not much anyway...
--
Xiven
