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In article <pan.2005.12.10.20.21.32.395442@example.com>,
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In article <pan.2005.12.10.20.17.43.809678@example.net>,
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scienstein · Guest

1byte=8bit=2^3bit:it is a binary digit which can only be written in
terms of 0 and 1.thus has only two states two represent any number.it
is also related to cardinality of any set.which is 2^n.thus in computer
system we have 8bit=2^3:16bit=2^4 &32bit=2^5bit.rest is your common
sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeff_Relf · Guest

Hi One_Happy_Madman, You asked:

Why do computer scientists say 1KB = 1024 bytes ? ! !

Not using an N_bit address, e.g. using 1,000 instead of 1,024,
would waste either memory or CPU cycles,
and programmers/electrical_engineers would have to write more code/circuits.

Laymen think in terms of base_10 not base_2, e.g. 1,000 not 1,024,
but since when have geeks concerned themselves with the layman ?

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You are correct, the average person thinks in base 10. Even IBM tried
to make computers which did computations in base 10 and used "Binary
Coded Decimal" but eventually, as computers became cheap enough for
"humans" to buy for themselves, the world of Binary had to merge with
the world of Decimal. No, most people really don't care that 1 kbyte
is really 1024 bytes instead of 1000. Most people don't even know the
differences between a byte and a character.

What people do care about is that they can create documents that other
people can read, without having to worry about it crashing in the
middle of the document. They want others to be able to read that
document without having to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars
for the software that lets others view the documents. They want to be
able to find the document when someone asks about it - a week, a month,
or even a decade later. They want to make sure that others can read
the document later.

Microsoft has done a great job of making computers friendly and easy to
use - - for a price. The Microsoft's greatest contribution to the
industry is Clippy the dancing paper clip. He may be annoying to
experienced users, but all of those helps are a great gift to the
people who have never used computers before.

Open Source has done a great job of making computers friendy, easy to
use, secure, reliable, and at a much lower price. For those more
experienced computer users who want things to work faster, better, and
with less effort, and more flexability and capability, at a lower
price, then Linux is a very good choice for them.