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 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: 2002-08-11 04:20:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!blackbush.xlink.net!blackbush.de.kpnqwest.net!news.erfurt.thur.de!drcomp.erfurt.thur.de!not-for-mail From: Adrian Knoth Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: buying a compter Date: 11 Aug 2002 11:17:44 GMT Organization: Modern Electronics Message-ID: References: <20020809232207.00535.00001627@mb-fu.aol.com> <8Ve59.3217$hk3.695926@news.xtra.co.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: drcomp.erfurt.thur.de X-Server-Date: 11 Aug 2002 11:17:44 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27926 Date: 2002-08-11T11:17:44+00:00 List-Id: AG wrote: >> 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 ;-) Well, you'll at least get 1,000,000,000*8 bits. The problem was that IT handled prefixes as powers of 2. So the kb were 1024*8 bits, the MB were 2^20*8 bits and so on. That is why you've ment 1Gb=2^30*8 bits. AFAIK they changed the international convention from KB,MB,GB... to KiB, MiB, GiB so that now the old k/M/G are exactly in SI-style (1000/1000000/1000000000) and Ki/Mi/Gi stand for the IT-version (powers of 2: 1024/2^20/2^30). -- mail: adi@thur.de http://adi.thur.de PGP: v2-key via keyserver Reset-Knopf? Ich habe kein Windows!