From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8e6b9c381fbdbec0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-10 13:42:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <20020809232207.00535.00001627@mb-fu.aol.com> Subject: Re: buying a compter X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <8Ve59.3217$hk3.695926@news.xtra.co.nz> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:44:49 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.86.43.51 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1029012164 210.86.43.51 (Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:42:44 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:42:44 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27920 Date: 2002-08-11T08:44:49+12:00 List-Id: "David C. Hoos, Sr." wrote in message news:mailman.1028984041.26687.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > 1 GHz = 1000 MHz = 1,000,000 KHz = 1,000,000,000 Hz Ahh, but much too often there is a confusion - if you buy a computer that is quoted as having 1Gb of memory, you aren't likely to receive exactly 1,000,000,000 bytes ;-)