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Elroy Skimms wrote:
A byte (for example) is 32 bits
Let’s assume that a byte is actually 8 bits, since that is what a byte has been defined as for the past two decades. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte[^] 2KBytes == 16Kbits 2KBytes != 64Kbits To stay on topic though... If you want to diagnose your current issues check out some of the suff over at http://www.dslreports.com/tools[^]. Don’t bother signing up at the site, the tools you need are available anyway. Tron
Tron 78 wrote:
2KBytes == 16Kbits 2KBytes != 64Kbits
Tron, Thanks for catching my conversion error. I'm a programmer by trade and for my work, a "byte" on a 32-bit system is made up of 32 binary bits. I was lazy and just ran with that number rather than doing actual research. I probably should have guessed that a standard which has been around longer than I would be based on 8-bit computing and not 32-bit. -E
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Tron 78 wrote:
2KBytes == 16Kbits 2KBytes != 64Kbits
Tron, Thanks for catching my conversion error. I'm a programmer by trade and for my work, a "byte" on a 32-bit system is made up of 32 binary bits. I was lazy and just ran with that number rather than doing actual research. I probably should have guessed that a standard which has been around longer than I would be based on 8-bit computing and not 32-bit. -E
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Byte == 8 Bits - All current systems since 8 Bit systems are the same x64 and x32 have different word sizes not different Byte sizes Tron
Tron 78 wrote:
Byte == 8 Bits - All current systems since 8 Bit systems are the same x64 and x32 have different word sizes not different Byte sizes
Agreed. I should have been more specific. Instead of:
Elroy Skimms wrote:
a "byte" on a 32-bit system is made up of 32 binary bits
Elroy Skimms should have written:
a 32-bit integer is made up of 32 binary bits
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