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DVDBack23

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29. September 2005 @ 15:53

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I have excessively seen members make mistakes with Byte/bit conversion (especially with file sharing problems) so I have decided to make a small guide about it.

Basics:

A bit is very different than a Byte. For example 1000 bits (lower case b) = 125 Bytes (capital B)

There are also 1024 Bytes in one Kilobyte (capital Kb)

A kilobit (once again lower case kb) is much smaller than a Kilobyte (capital Kb). For example, 9000 kilobits = 1125 Kilobytes.

1 Megabyte (capital Mb) equals 1024 Kilobytes (capital Kb)

Finally, 1 Gigabyte (capital Gb) equals 1024 Megabytes (capital Mb)

Hope this helps with some of the confusion between bits and Bytes.

Good luck!

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nice guide DVDBack23, ive seen a lot of people making this common mistake hope this guide clears it up for all the people at ad

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