How many bytes is 15 megs?

[Paulson]

Thanks (it's for the hosting site.. users will have 15 megs...

 

[yakko]

A lot.

 

[StageLeft]

15million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ameesh]

you should be embarresed for asking.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Well there are 15730000 bytes in 15 megabytes I think.

 

[Paulson]

Originally posted by: LuNoTiCK
Well there are 15730000 bytes in 15 megabytes I think.

Thanks...

BTW, I didn't know. I'm not super uber like some of you all!

 

[TJN23]

Originally posted by: Paulson
Thanks (it's for the hosting site.. users will have 15 megs...

[yikes]and he's an *elite member* [/yikes]

 

[Paulson]

For all I care I could be the most idiotic member around... title doesn't mean jack sh!t... damn... I don't care what's under there... I just simply asked.

URGH

 

[MattCo]

According to How Stuff Works there are 1,048,576 bytes in a MB so there are 15,728,640 bytes in 15 Megabytes.

-MC


Edited for commas.

 

[Descartes]

Well, a megabyte is 1024 kilobytes, and a kilobyte is 1024 bytes, so 15 megabytes = 15 * 1024 * 1024 = 15728640, to be exact.

Just remember, it's always in power of two. A meg can't truly be 1000 kilobytes because 1000 isn't a power of two. 2 ^ 10 = 1024 = kilobyte. 2 ^ 20 = 1048576 = megabyte, and so on...

 

[hoihtah]

1024 Byte = 1 KiloByte
1024 KB = 1 Megabyte

1048576 Byte = 1 MB.

15728640 Byte = 15 MB

 

[Adul]

well there is 1024 bytes in a kilobyte
1024 kilo bytes in a mb

so 15*1014*1024

 

[Adul]

LOL we are nerds!

 

[hoihtah]

damm... you guys beat me to it.

and if you are wondering ...

8 bit = 1 byte

so 125829120 bits in 15 MB

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Well, I will just stick to cheating and using a calculator which rounds off.

http://www.frii.com/support/knowledgebase/viewArticle.php?articleID=236


Edit:This one is exact

 

[Cyberian]

"640 kb should be enough for anyone".

Bill Gates, 1981

 

[dman]

If you are a HDD Drive manufacturer,
1 MB = 1,000,000 Bytes, not 1,048,576 Bytes.
1 GB = 1,000,000,000 Bytes, Not 1,073,741,824 Bytes.

So, due to sneaky marketing practices and lack of "standards", my 80GB Hard Drive will be short 5,899,345,920 Bytes.

At least they don't market them like Console Game Memory/Cartridges. Then a 80GB(=GigaBit) Harddrive would really be 10GigaBytes. Bastards!

 

[hoihtah]

b = bit
B = byte

GB = gigabyte
Gb = gigabit

if they state that it's 80GB... it better be 80 gigabyte... not gigabit.

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: hoihtah
b = bit
B = byte

GB = gigabyte
Gb = gigabit

if they state that it's 80GB... it better be 80 gigabyte... not gigabit.

In the console world, they don't make the assumption that lowercase b=bit and uppercase B=Byte. So, unless it states on the package that it's "megabyte", you can assume MB=MegaBit. Your 32MB memory card would be 4MegaBytes. Same w/ Cartridges (GameBoy Advance,N64, etc)... if it's claiming a 64MB ROM, assume it's 64MegaBIT unless they put it in writing that it's megaBYTE. That's the way it was, I don't know if it's changed recently.