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Toufou13190 Posted messages 11061 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello,
I am not good with computers, and I would like to know what the following means:
MB, GB, or MB.
I want to copy files onto CDs, but I don't understand anything about the available space on the CDs.
Thank you for your help!!!
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    Lrt88 Posted messages 930 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   268
     
    MB = megabyte = GB = gigabyte ... yes, a byte is an octet in French.

    GB = gigabyte = 1024 MB so there you go... I hope this is enough to help you

    and 1 MB = 1024 KB....kilobyte

    :D
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    1. missLaure Posted messages 10 Status Member
       
      thank you, that's nice :-)
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  2. Cesel45 Posted messages 13762 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 845
     
    All of this is just to understand.

    But in fact, it doesn't help you at all. (for surfing or chatting)
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    I don't have all the answers. I'm just here to help you.
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  3. Cesel45 Posted messages 13762 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 845
     
    Hello

    Everything is here

    MB = Megabytes
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    I don't have all the answers. I'm just here to help you.
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    1. missLaure Posted messages 10 Status Member
       
      Thank you, I will read all of this!!!
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  4. Toufou13190 Posted messages 11061 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   813
     
    Hi,

    data is stored in the form of Bits (value 0 or 1) 1 MB = 1 Mega Bit (1,000,000 bits)

    Bits are grouped into Bytes of 8 Bits 1 MB = 1 Mega Byte (1,000,000 bytes)
    and thus 1 GB = 1 Giga Byte (1,000,000,000 bytes)

    This is a rough explanation, to be more precise it should be noted that computing is both binary and hexadecimal, so we work on a base of 16 instead of 10, and 1 K actually equals 1024 and 1 M equals 1024 x 1024, but if you remember the initial approximation it will give you a clearer understanding.

    See you later
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    1. missLaure Posted messages 10 Status Member
       
      Thank you, I didn't understand everything, but I will look into it
      see you later
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      1. Toufou13190 Posted messages 11061 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   813 > missLaure Posted messages 10 Status Member
         
        A quick course on computer prehistory:

        Electronics only knows 2 states, on or off, which are 1 or 0. So, every time you press a key on the keyboard, it sends a series of 1s and 0s to the processor, which always translates it back into 1s and 0s for the screen to display the letter you typed.
        But writing programs solely in 0s and 1s quickly proves difficult to read, so someone had the idea to group these 0s and 1s into a simpler code to interpret. Since processors at the time worked on 8-bit and 2 registers, the code was based on base 16 (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f). Thus, the letter H is written C8 in hex and 1100 1000 in binary.
        Everything you see displayed on the screen, or the music you listen to, is just a sequence of 0s and 1s. We now use compilers, a program that translates the programming language used to write the program into a series of hex codes only readable by your processor.

        If you're interested in programming, check this out!

        Happy reading
        See you later
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