Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Main Forums
Automation, Cinema, Computers, Television Forum
External HDD for backup
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Talk Electrician Forum:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="kme" data-source="post: 24816" data-attributes="member: 113"><p>6 Tera Bytes</p><p></p><p>1000 bytes = 1 Kilobyte</p><p></p><p>1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte</p><p></p><p>1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte</p><p></p><p>do you see where this is going yet???????</p><p></p><p>usual laptop HD- 5 yrs ago - 20 Gigabyte</p><p></p><p>usual laptop last year - 200-400 Gigabyte</p><p></p><p>1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte.</p><p></p><p>HOWEVER:</p><p></p><p>1. Data always expands to fill the available space of a hard drive......</p><p></p><p>2. circa 1989. Bill Gates (founder, microsoft), quote:</p><p></p><p>"Nobody will ever need more than 16 Megabytes of memory on their computer."</p><p></p><p>Oh, how the mighty have (NOT) fallen!</p><p></p><p>FYI</p><p></p><p>A byte is the amount of information contained in any one character, be it a letter of the alphabet, number, blank space, mathematical symbol, etc, etc</p><p></p><p>OK?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kme, post: 24816, member: 113"] 6 Tera Bytes 1000 bytes = 1 Kilobyte 1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte 1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte do you see where this is going yet??????? usual laptop HD- 5 yrs ago - 20 Gigabyte usual laptop last year - 200-400 Gigabyte 1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte. HOWEVER: 1. Data always expands to fill the available space of a hard drive...... 2. circa 1989. Bill Gates (founder, microsoft), quote: "Nobody will ever need more than 16 Megabytes of memory on their computer." Oh, how the mighty have (NOT) fallen! FYI A byte is the amount of information contained in any one character, be it a letter of the alphabet, number, blank space, mathematical symbol, etc, etc OK? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Main Forums
Automation, Cinema, Computers, Television Forum
External HDD for backup
Top