New IEC prefixes and descriptions for binary multiples were introduced in 1998/99
The prefixes (M,G,T,P...) for base 10 numbers are unchanged.
The descriptive terms (Mega, Giga,Tera,Peta..) for base 10 numbers are also unchanged
The prefixes (Mi,Gi,Ti,Pi,Ei) are now used to indicate base 16 (Power of 2) numbers.
The new descriptive terms are (mebi,gibi,tebi,pebi,exbi).
| Base 10 Data Transfer,HD, DVD ( K,M,G,T,P,E ) |
Base 16 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 | Ti = 16^10 = 2^40 =1,099,511,627,776 |
P |
peta: 10^15 =1000,000,000,000,000 | Pi = 16^12.5 = 2^50 |
E |
exa: 10^18 =1000,000,000,000,000,000 | Ei = 16^15 = 2^60 |
Z |
zetta: 10^21 | Zi = 16^17.5 = 2^70 |
Y |
yotta: 10^24 | Yi = 16^20 = 2^80 |
Any of the above can be entered directly into Excel e.g. 5 GiB = 5 * 2^30
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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