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| Thread ID: 105917 | 2009-12-18 20:37:00 | Why bits AND bytes? | xyz823 (13649) | Press F1 |
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| 840985 | 2009-12-18 20:37:00 | Why not just use one or the other? | xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 840986 | 2009-12-18 20:49:00 | I think its cause bits are the smallest amount of information you can have, and i guess initially internet was so crap it was only moving bits from one place to another. Thus bps, kbps, etc. a byte is 8 bits, thats why you divide your "bit speed" by 8 to get the bytes per second. EDIT: I assume you are referring to data speed, cause that's the only instance I can think of that both are used. |
Netsukeninja (13296) | ||
| 840987 | 2009-12-19 00:46:00 | Cause once bits mattered. Now GB matter. | pctek (84) | ||
| 840988 | 2009-12-19 00:51:00 | Why have millimeters and centimeters? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 840989 | 2009-12-19 02:45:00 | Why have millimeters and centimeters? True well actually the metric system as devised by Napoleon and cohorts only had a two tier measurement designed to replace the 3 tier imperial system which consisted of Inches, Feet and Yards. The replacement was devised as Millimetres and Metres only with No Centimetres :2cents: |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 840990 | 2009-12-19 03:09:00 | I ALSO THINK LOWER-CASE LETTERS ARE A WASTE OF TIME. | pablo d (15490) | ||
| 840991 | 2009-12-19 04:30:00 | I ALSO THINK LOWER-CASE LETTERS ARE A WASTE OF TIME. no, capitals are. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 840992 | 2009-12-19 05:07:00 | Seriously though, it's more useful to talk in bits for some things and bytes for others. Anyone working with encryption levels for instance, wouldn't want to hear about it in bytes, as you'd instinctively convert it into bits so that it's a meaningful number. |
pablo d (15490) | ||
| 840993 | 2009-12-19 09:37:00 | Yeah it has to do with way back in the day, a bit is either on or off, a 1 or a 0. Look in to words, nibbles, bytes, they all have meanings... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 840994 | 2009-12-19 10:33:00 | Wanna blow your mind on bits and bytes -- try a Geopbyte :D OK have a read (http://www.whatsabyte.com/) | wainuitech (129) | ||
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