Quick hand on bits and bytes please :)

engstrom0304 · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:08

Hey guys...

Help please!

"Show that 600Kbyte of memory takes nearly five seconds to be transmitted at 1 Mbit/s"

Antelopethy · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:12

1 megabit = 1024 kilobits = 128 kilobytes
This means that that 600 kilobytes will be transferred at 128 kilobytes a second, so the total time taken is:
600/128 = 4.69 seconds

KnightsWhoSayNi · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:13

1000000/8 = 125000bytes
125000/1024 = 122.07kb
600/122.07 = 4.912s

Vanilla · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:13

1 Mbit is roughly equal to 125 kilobytes so

600 / 125 = just under 5 seconds?

Arcimbaldo · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:13

1 megabit = 1000000 bits
1000000 bits = Roughly 122 kilobytes

600/122 =just under 5?

engstrom0304 · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:14

Nevermind... Did'nt notice that one is in bits and the other in bytes!! silly me!

Shicky · 19 Sep 2011 at 23:29

engstrom0304 said:
Nevermind... Did'nt notice that one is in bits and the other in bytes!! silly me!

But you wrote it in the subject ?

DefiantAsh · 19 Sep 2011 at 23:34

Ah, binary...we meet again!

8 bits = 1 byte

LeJosh · 19 Sep 2011 at 23:36

B-B-B-B-BINARY.

PlumpMonkey · 20 Sep 2011 at 01:00

There are 10 types of people that can read binary. Those that can, and those that can't.

Deadbeat · 20 Sep 2011 at 01:04

engstrom0304 said:
Nevermind... Did'nt notice that one is in bits and the other in bytes!! silly me!

Wouldn't having both in either bits or bytes make it even easier to figure out?

kylew · 20 Sep 2011 at 01:09

engstrom0304 said:
Hey guys...

Help please!

"Show that 600Kbyte of memory takes nearly five seconds to be transmitted at 1 Mbit/s"

Data!

I actually thought it was a trick question because of that, I was about to say "hurr hurr you can't transmit memory".

Amp34 · 20 Sep 2011 at 01:23

DefiantAsh said:
Ah, binary...we meet again!

8 bits = 1 byte

0010101000101010001010100010101000100000011011110110011001100110