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05-19-2005, 11:36 PM #1Newbie
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How many MEGS are in 15 GB?
well this is a stupid question, but I'm not very good with math. I have 15GB bandwidth, and just wanted to know how many Megs this is? Is it 150 megs?
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05-19-2005, 11:37 PM #2Web Hosting Evangelist
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15360 megabytes
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05-19-2005, 11:47 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Re: How many MEGS are in 15 GB?
Originally posted by melian9102
well this is a stupid question, but I'm not very good with math. I have 15GB bandwidth, and just wanted to know how many Megs this is? Is it 150 megs?
Kilo = 1 thousand (1,000 bytes)
Mega = 1 million (1,000 kilobytes)
Giga = 1 billion (1,000 megabytes)
so 15 GB = 15,000 MB
(again I'm not being technical with the 1024 bytes = kilo)
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05-20-2005, 12:08 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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Re: Re: How many MEGS are in 15 GB?
Originally posted by Nich
Without being all technical with the 1024 bytes, etc...
Kilo = 1 thousand (1,000 bytes)
Mega = 1 million (1,000 kilobytes)
Giga = 1 billion (1,000 megabytes)
so 15 GB = 15,000 MB
(again I'm not being technical with the 1024 bytes = kilo)
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05-20-2005, 12:57 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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Google can help with this. Go to google and type in 'MB in 15 GB' and you'll get 15360 as EH-Stevo said. Just another useful feature.
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05-20-2005, 01:56 AM #6Newbie
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if you dont have a calculator on hand, just memorize 1,000 mb = 1 gb
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05-20-2005, 02:48 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by robbydweb
if you dont have a calculator on hand, just memorize 1,000 mb = 1 gb
Pretty simple really, just break it into pieces...
10x24 .... I mean seriously who can't do this one quickly?
5x24 ... after doing the one above, it really shouldn't be hard to do this one.
Add them together what do you get? 360.
So the point being, why not use the proper 1024 when your dealing with bytes instead of propogating the lies that the HD manufacturers want you to believe?Jeremy Johnstone
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05-20-2005, 03:39 AM #8Newbie
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Originally posted by Jeremy Johnstone
Is doing 15x24 in your head that hard? Takes me all of like 2-3 seconds, so it can't take that long for people not good in math.
Pretty simple really, just break it into pieces...
10x24 .... I mean seriously who can't do this one quickly?
5x24 ... after doing the one above, it really shouldn't be hard to do this one.
Add them together what do you get? 360.
So the point being, why not use the proper 1024 when your dealing with bytes instead of propogating the lies that the HD manufacturers want you to believe?
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05-20-2005, 10:46 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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1 KB = 2^10 bytes = 1024 bytes
1 MB = 2^20 bytes = 1024 KB = 1,048,576 bytes
1 GB = 2^30 bytes = 2^10 MB = 1024 MB = 1,048,576 KB = 1,073,741,824 bytes
15 GB = 15x2^30 bytes = 15x2^10 MB = 15,360 MB = 16,106,127,360 bytes
Last edited by DevilDog; 05-20-2005 at 10:49 AM.
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05-20-2005, 11:03 AM #10Newbie
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So many replies lol.
Most companies and hosts use 1GB= 1000MB
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05-20-2005, 11:25 AM #11Newbie
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15360 lol would be the answer
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05-20-2005, 03:39 PM #12Business Consultant Manager
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Originally posted by Jeremy Johnstone
Is doing 15x24 in your head that hard? Takes me all of like 2-3 seconds, so it can't take that long for people not good in math.
Pretty simple really, just break it into pieces...
10x24 .... I mean seriously who can't do this one quickly?
5x24 ... after doing the one above, it really shouldn't be hard to do this one.
Add them together what do you get? 360.
So the point being, why not use the proper 1024 when your dealing with bytes instead of propogating the lies that the HD manufacturers want you to believe?
ok.. umm.. thanks.. I guess.... *most* people just round-up or round-down.. we all can't be hens now can we█ www.JGRoboMarketing.com / "Automate. Grow. Repeat"
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05-20-2005, 03:48 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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2^10 = 1024
That's how they get it.