New IEC prefixes and descriptions for binary multiples were introduced in 1998/99
The prefixes (M,G,T,P...) for decimal numbers are unchanged.
The descriptive terms (Mega, Giga,Tera,Peta..) are also unchanged
The prefixes (Mi,Gi,Ti,Pi,Ei) are now used to indicate Power of 2 (binary) numbers.
The new descriptive terms are (mebi,gibi,tebi,pebi,exbi).
| Decimal Data Transfer,HD, DVD ( K,M,G,T,P,E ) |
Power of 2 (binary) Data Files,RAM,CD ( Ki,Mi,Gi,Ti,Pi,Ei ) |
|
K |
kilo 10^3 = 1000 | Ki = 16^2.5 = 2^10 =1,024 |
M |
mega 10^6 =1000,000 | Mi = 16^5 = 2^20 =1,048,576 |
G |
giga 10^9 =1000,000,000 | Gi = 16^7.5 = 2^30 =1,073,741,824 |
T |
tera: 10^12 =1000,000,000,000 | Te = 16^10 = 2^40 =1,099,511,627,776 |
P |
peta: 10^15 =1000,000,000,000,000 | Pe = 16^12.5 = 2^50 |
E |
exa: 10^18 =1000,000,000,000,000,000 | Ex = 16^15 = 2^60 |
Z |
zetta: 10^21 | Ze = 16^17.5 = 2^70 |
Y |
yotta: 10^24 | Yo = 16^20 = 2^80 |
Any of the above can be entered directly into a spreadsheet e.g. = 2^30 will give 1 GiB
Examples
A 100 megabit network has a capacity of 100,000,000 bits per second.
If the Data Transfer packets are 64 KB = 65,536 Bytes = 524,288 bits (bits = Bytes x 8 )
So in this example the network would transfer around 200 packets per second.
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