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Subject: How many bytes in a megabyte?
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I'm way under then :)
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80 MB means 80 megaBYTES. So if it's just an image, you have nothing to worry about as the size will not be that big. If you are uploading a video on the other hand, then it would come into play.
1kb = 1024 bytes (a lot of people usually just round to 1000)
and 1 MB = 1024 kb
so 80 MB would be 81,920 kilobytes, or 83,886,080 bytes.
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Quote - 1kb = 1024 bytes (a lot of people usually just round to 1000)
and 1 MB = 1024 kb
so 80 MB would be 81,920 kilobytes, or 83,886,080 bytes.
Why 1024 and not 1000?
Because 1024 is a nice round number in binary arithmetic:- 0000 0100 0000 0000.
1000 is a very awkward number:- 0000 0011 1110 1000.
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Linda, in case the above isn't clear, the correct answer is
1024576 bytes in a megabyte. Therefore, 80MB equates to 83886080 bytes, as stated by BionicRooster.
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I never made it to 10 types of people, but I do know three: those who can count and those who can't.
Can we do bits too? 1 byte = 8 bits unless you are in networking, so 1MBps will require a 10Mbps line due to start an stop bits, depending on the protocol. Math always was simple until the IT nerds hit the place. Until then, 1+1=2. Now it can be 10 as well.
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Most places (i.e.) in Windows file manager, you will see the 1,024 bytes in a KB usage that is 1 MB = 1,024*1,024 = 1,048,576 bytes. This is the binary definition - 2^20.The other is plain 1,000,000 bytes in a KB or 1,000,000 in a MB. This is the standard (SI) usage. IEEE, NIST and the other standards bodies have decided to go with the latter, but most software hasn't adopted it as yet, though apparently OS X 10.6 does use it. IEEE refers to the 1,048,576 value as a Mebibyte (MiB), something I'm starting to see in some places.
I'd say just go with whatever your file manager says. Unless you're on Windows and they're using OS X, the your size should be equal or less - at least I think so :-) At any rate, an 80 MB single image by either definition, would probably exceed whatever image dimension limits they may have.
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Most people that knew this stuff were those that owned a HeathKit or Altair computer where every bit counted. Everyone was a progammer back then in order to use a computer.
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Quote - Most people that knew this stuff were those that owned a HeathKit or Altair computer where every bit counted. Everyone was a progammer back then in order to use a computer.
Not me, matey. My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum. The one with the dead fish keyboard. I did, however, learn COBOL at college.
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I said most. I had the ZX-80 and 81 (64K RAM PAK). Anyway, hardly anyone needs to know this stuff anymore.
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You should ask wikipedia for questions like this. It's more precise and trustable ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
For short: "kb" means "k-bytes". So 10kb is 10000 * (1 Byte=8 Bit) == 80000 (a "k" prefix means metric "kilo").
If you want to talk about this 1024 thing, then you should use KiB ("Ki" is a binary prefix).
And yes, it is traditionally used wrong (see wikipedia, it tells the whole story) :)
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Rampak Wobble, Dave.*
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RAM Wobble? Does that mean with surface mount technology, they'd all still be alive - or sitting in some strange room with a giant fetus?
Note my: "The other is plain 1,000,000 bytes in a KB" should have been ""The other is plain 1,000 bytes in a KB""
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I want to enter that SmithMicro contest but my graphic program saves in bytes and SM says "80 MB"
"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi