ini udah yang paling kecil kok hehehehe
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM, aNeeTa FiZ <[email protected]> wrote: > Om aga, > > Ini tulisannya ngga ada yang lebih kecil lagi? > > > > * * > > *We all share the same world.. We all share the same earth..* > > *=aNeeTa FiZ=* > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *aga madjid > *Sent:* Monday, January 17, 2011 2:48 PM > *Subject:* ~ aga ~ Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes... What Are They? > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes… What Are They? * > > These terms are usually used in the world of computing to describe disk > space, or data storage space, and system memory. For instance, just a few > years ago we were describing hard drive space using the term Megabytes. > Today, Gigabytes is the most common term being used to describe the size of > a hard drive. In the not so distant future, Terabyte will be a common term. > But what are they? This is where it gets quite confusing because there are > at least three accepted definitions of each term. > > According to the IBM Dictionary of computing, when used to describe disk > storage capacity, a megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes in decimal notation. But > when the term megabyte is used for real and virtual storage, and channel > volume, 2 to the 20th power or 1,048,576 bytes is the appropriate notation. > According to the Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, a megabyte means > either 1,000,000 bytes or 1,048,576 bytes. According to Eric S. Raymond in > The New Hacker's Dictionary, a megabyte is always 1,048,576 bytes on the > argument that bytes should naturally be computed in powers of two. So which > definition do most people conform to? > > When referring to a megabyte for disk storage, the hard drive manufacturers > use the standard that a megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes. This means that when > you buy an 80 Gigabyte Hard drive you will get a total of 80,000,000,000 > bytes of available storage. This is where it gets confusing because Windows > uses the 1,048,576 byte rule so when you look at the Windows drive > properties an 80 Gigabyte drive will report a capacity of 74.56 Gigabytes > and a 250 Gigabyte drive will only yield 232 Gigabytes of available storage > space. Anybody confused yet? With three accepted definitions, there will > always be some confusion so I will try to simplify the definitions a little. > > > The 1000 can be replaced with 1024 and still be correct using the other > acceptable standards. Both of these standards are correct depending on what > type of storage you are referring. > > *Processor or Virtual Storage* > > *Disk Storage* > > · 1 Bit = Binary Digit > · 8 Bits = 1 Byte > · 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte > · 1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte > · 1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte > · 1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte > · 1024 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte > · 1024 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte > · 1024 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte > · 1024 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte > · 1024 Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte > · 1024 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte > > · 1 Bit = Binary Digit > · 8 Bits = 1 Byte > · 1000 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte > · 1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte > · 1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte > · 1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte > · 1000 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte > · 1000 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte > · 1000 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte > · 1000 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte > · 1000 Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte > · 1000 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte > > > > This is based on the IBM Dictionary of computing method to describe disk > storage - the simplest. > > *Now let's go into a little more detail.* > > *Bit:* A Bit is the smallest unit of data that a computer uses. It can be > used to represent two states of information, such as Yes or No. > > *Byte: *A Byte is equal to 8 Bits. A Byte can represent 256 states of > information, for example, numbers or a combination of numbers and letters. 1 > Byte could be equal to one character. 10 Bytes could be equal to a word. 100 > Bytes would equal an average sentence. > > *Kilobyte:* A Kilobyte is approximately 1,000 Bytes, actually 1,024 Bytes > depending on which definition is used. 1 Kilobyte would be equal to this > paragraph you are reading, whereas 100 Kilobytes would equal an entire page. > > *Megabyte:* A Megabyte is approximately 1,000 Kilobytes. In the early days > of computing, a Megabyte was considered to be a large amount of data. These > days with a 500 Gigabyte hard drive on a computer being common, a Megabyte > doesn't seem like much anymore. One of those old 3-1/2 inch floppy disks can > hold 1.44 Megabytes or the equivalent of a small book. 100 Megabytes might > hold a couple volumes of Encyclopedias. 600 Megabytes is about the amount of > data that will fit on a CD-ROM disk. > > *Gigabyte:* A Gigabyte is approximately 1,000 Megabytes. A Gigabyte is > still a very common term used these days when referring to disk space or > drive storage. 1 Gigabyte of data is almost twice the amount of data that a > CD-ROM can hold. But it's about one thousand times the capacity of a 3-1/2 > floppy disk. 1 Gigabyte could hold the contents of about 10 yards of books > on a shelf. 100 Gigabytes could hold the entire library floor of academic > journals. > > *Terabyte:* A Terabyte is approximately one trillion bytes, or 1,000 > Gigabytes. There was a time that I never thought I would see a 1 Terabyte > hard drive, now one and two terabyte drives are the normal specs for many > new computers. To put it in some perspective, a Terabyte could hold about > 3.6 million 300 Kilobyte images or maybe about 300 hours of good quality > video. A Terabyte could hold 1,000 copies of the Encyclopedia Britannica. > Ten Terabytes could hold the printed collection of the Library of Congress. > That's a lot of data. > > *Petabyte**:* A Petabyte is approximately 1,000 Terabytes or one million > Gigabytes. It's hard to visualize what a Petabyte could hold. 1 Petabyte > could hold approximately 20 million 4-door filing cabinets full of text. It > could hold 500 billion pages of standard printed text. It would take about > 500 million floppy disks to store the same amount of data. > > *Exabyte:* An Exabyte is approximately 1,000 Petabytes. Another way to > look at it is that an Exabyte is approximately one quintillion bytes or one > billion Gigabytes. There is not much to compare an Exabyte to. It has been > said that 5 Exabytes would be equal to all of the words ever spoken by > mankind. > > *Zettabyte:* A Zettabyte is approximately 1,000 Exabytes. There is nothing > to compare a Zettabyte to but to say that it would take a whole lot of ones > and zeroes to fill it up. > > *Yottabyte:* A Yottabyte is approximately 1,000 Zettabytes. It would take > approximately 11 trillion years to download a Yottabyte file from the > Internet using high-power broadband. You can compare it to the World Wide > Web as the entire Internet almost takes up about a Yottabyte. > > *Brontobyte:* A Brontobyte is (you guessed it) approximately 1,000 > Yottabytes. The only thing there is to say about a Brontobyte is that it is > a 1 followed by 27 zeroes! > > *Geopbyte: *A Geopbyte is about 1000 Brontobytes! Not sure why this term > was created. I'm doubting that anyone alive today will ever see a Geopbyte > hard drive. One way of looking at a geopbyte is *15267 6504600 2283229 401 > 2496 7031205 376 bytes!* > > Now you should have a good understanding of megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes > and everything in between. Now if we can just figure out what a WhatsAByte > is......:) > > http://www.whatsabyte.com/ > > > > > > > -- > > *".... 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