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05-03-2004, 04:33 PM #1Newbie
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Conversions
I dont know if this is in the right forum, sorry if its not.
Is 1 million (1 000 000) megabytes 1 terabyte or not.
If not can you correct me please.www.generationhosting.co.uk
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05-03-2004, 04:58 PM #2Superhero
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No. One Terabyte is 2^40, 1000 Gigabytes, or 1,099,511,627,776 Bytes
I made a recent post here with exact numbers:
http://www.xmboard.com/viewtopic.php?t=42
The values kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, etc, are basically multiples of 2^10 since they're based on the binary number system or Base2.Webmaster Forum • webmastertalk.net • Webmaster Community Forum
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05-03-2004, 05:16 PM #3Superhero
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I'm sorry, I just re-read your question and realized I read it wrong. You are almost correct.
1 Terabyte is 1,048,576 Megabytes.
Sizes are not in multiples of 10 or 1000, they're in multiples of 2^10, or 1024.Last edited by Amdac; 05-03-2004 at 05:22 PM.
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05-03-2004, 05:18 PM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Yes, 1 000 000 Mb is 1 terabyte(or 0.953674 to be exact)
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05-03-2004, 05:18 PM #5WHT Addict
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Isn't it multiplications of 1024?
1024 bytes in a kilobyte
1024 kilobytes in a megabyte
1024 megabytes in a gigabytes
1024 gigabytes in a terabyte
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05-03-2004, 05:21 PM #6Superhero
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Originally posted by Hero Doug
Isn't it multiplications of 1024?
1024 bytes in a kilobyte
1024 kilobytes in a megabyte
1024 megabytes in a gigabytes
1024 gigabytes in a terabyteWebmaster Forum • webmastertalk.net • Webmaster Community Forum
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05-03-2004, 06:53 PM #7WHT Addict
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I hate the 15 minute time limit, I find it pointless.
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05-03-2004, 08:24 PM #8Retired Moderator
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Perhaps it's good for some things to remain "on the record" if you know what I mean...
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05-03-2004, 09:21 PM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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yep, it's all close enough for government work
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05-12-2004, 06:23 PM #10Temporarily Suspended
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Actually you can also define 1 MB as 1.000.000 bytes. 1&1 does this in their terms and as you know harddrive companies specify the size in GB while 1 GB is 1000000000 Bytes. But that 2.4% difference is not important anyway !
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05-12-2004, 06:53 PM #11Superhero
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Originally posted by taketo
Actually you can also define 1 MB as 1.000.000 bytes. 1&1 does this in their terms and as you know harddrive companies specify the size in GB while 1 GB is 1000000000 Bytes. But that 2.4% difference is not important anyway !Webmaster Forum • webmastertalk.net • Webmaster Community Forum
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05-12-2004, 07:52 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by taketo
Actually you can also define 1 MB as 1.000.000 bytes. 1&1 does this in their terms and as you know harddrive companies specify the size in GB while 1 GB is 1000000000 Bytes. But that 2.4% difference is not important anyway !
Its also unfair!
I have a 250gb drive.. i lost 6gb on it
80gb drive - 1.92 gb
20gb drive - .48 gb
so thats.. 8.4 gb lost.
Terrible...
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05-12-2004, 08:07 PM #13Superhero
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You lost space from file system allocation, not from incorrect conversions. This is normal.
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05-12-2004, 08:18 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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No, i lost space from incorrect conversions.
When i buy a 250 gb drive.. its not really..
250 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 bytes
its 250 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 byteswebmaster A T 420th.com
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05-12-2004, 08:35 PM #15Superhero
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What company HD?
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05-12-2004, 08:45 PM #16Retired Moderator
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Just looked at a Maxtor instruction book I had around and they use 1000 for everything rather then 1024.
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05-12-2004, 10:44 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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All companies..
Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital.
It might not matter for a 100gb drive..
but on a terabyte of storage.. it makes a difference.webmaster A T 420th.com
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05-12-2004, 10:52 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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Yes, all HD companies use 1000MB = 1GB ... There was a class action lawsuit about this not too long ago ... For misrepresentation of hard drive space.
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