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Thursday, July 15, 2010

simple things one should know

BIT FACTS
we all know that bit or binary digit is the basic unit of information in computing and telecommunications.
generally bit is 0 or 1

0==on
1==off
seems to be funny most of us dont know the value of 1Gb but they proudly say my harddisk is 500Gb or 1 Tb for them this info might be useful.
the storage values and their eqivalent number in bits
storage equal to (in bytes)
1 bit 0.125
1 nibble 0.5
8 bits 1
1 kilobyte 1,024
1 Mb 1,018,576
1 Gb 1,073,741,824
1 Tb 1,099,511,627,776
1 Petabyte 1,125,899,906,842,624
1 exabyte 1,152,921,504,606,846,976
1 zettabyte 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424

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