win2k and memory

[gotta 0]

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

[CUViper 0]

it's all multiples of 1024

 

1 GB = 1024 MB

1 MB = 1024 KB

1 KB = 1024 bytes

[Guest]

Actually, aint it all multiples of 8?

 

After all... 8 bits = 1 byte.

[Xiven 0]

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