RE: [Dev-C++] Bits Bytes megabytes help needed

[Ioannis V. <iv...@em...>]

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> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Eric Churches
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 10:03 PM
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> Subject: [Dev-C++] Bits Bytes megabytes help needed
> 
> 
> Bit bytes megabytes
> 
> Can you tell me how to convert theses by hand?
> 
>  How many kilobytes in a megabyte?
> 
> 1024 how would get this answer


1 KB=1024 bytes
1 MB=1024 KB
1 GB=1024 MB


HDD manufacturers usually cheat by using 1000 MB for a GB (and so on) but
all Oses tell the truth so far. :-)



> 
> 20 to the power of 2?  If this is right how do you work it out 
> or is there another way.



Computers store data in binary form so everything is in power of 2.



> 
> I know there is 8 bits to a byte


That's not required. In most systems it is though. To be portable check
CHAR_BIT in <limits.h> in C and numeric_limits<char>::digits in <limits> in
C++.






Ioannis Vranos
 
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