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| | Kilobyte - RecipeFacts |
 | | A kilobyte (derived from the SI prefix kilo-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to either 1024 or 1000 bytes. | | | This misuse of the SI prefix kilo- (the multiplication by 1000 prefix) got carried away from the slang of computer professionals into the mainstream lexicon by marketing people, creating a lot of semantics problems. | | | ), because the binary nature of digital computers lends itself to quantities that are powers of two, and 2 |
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http://www.recipeland.com/encyclopaedia/index.php/Kilobyte
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| | Binary prefix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In computing, binary prefixes can be used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten. | | | CD capacities are always given in binary units. | | | Notice that as the order of magnitude increases, the percentage difference between the binary and decimal values of a prefix increases, from 2.4% at kilo to over 20.9% at yotta. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibi
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| | Fast flexible search engine for longest prefix match - US Patent 6564211 |
| | A binary search prefix is input to the tree to identify a match to a longest prefix portion (herein a "subprefix") in the tree. | | | Instead, the computer returns a false indication that the sought-for prefix is not in the tree, as well as the subprefix that matches a key in the tree. | | | The invention is carried out by a computer by embodying the invention in computer readable program code in a memory readable by the computer. |
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http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6564211.html
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| | Logarithm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Binary logarithms are useful in determining characteristics of the time or space complexity of such algorithms. | | | As mentioned, the base used extensively in information theory and computer science is the binary logarithm, base 2. | | | Prior to the advent of computers and calculators, using logarithms meant using tables of logarithms, which had to be created manually. |
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http://www.xahlee.org/_p/wiki/Logarithm.html
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| | 1.7 Using Binary Labels |
| | The use of binary labels are not portable across computer architectures. | | | Binary labels (both headers and prefixes) pose a problem: the data stored in them is application-defined. | | | Binary headers are often thought of as extra “lines” of data, but depending on the file organization they can actually be extra lines, samples, or bands. |
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http://rushmore.jpl.nasa.gov/RTL/RTL_Manual-1_7.html
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| | Prefix Multipliers - The Problem with Kilo, Mega, Giga, etc. |
| | In scenarios such as the one mentioned above, if the new binary prefixes are used, it should be easy to know whether an engineer is talking or writing about the decimal or binary multiplier. | | | Computers messed everything up by changing all the prefix multipliers to binary values (the power of 2), instead of the traditional decimal values (the power of 10). | | | So today, we just have to know which is being referred to (binary or decimal multiplier) by the associated topic - if it is data then it's binary, if it's distance then it's decimal, etc. |
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http://www.infocellar.com/binary/prefix-multipliers.htm
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| | Bit - |
| | Binary digits are almost always used as the basic unit of information storage and communication in digital computing and digital information theory. | | | Shannon's bit is a portmanteau word for binary digit (or possibly binary unit). | | | A bit refers to a digit in the binary numeral system (base 2). |
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http://www.grohol.com/psypsych/Bit
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| | BUG: SQL Server 2000 BCP Utility Fails to Produce Proper Prefix-Length for Varbinary Column in Format File (279224) |
| | Use of a varbinary column, with a width greater than 255 bytes, generates a format file that has a prefix-length of 1 byte instead of 2 bytes and leads to the truncation of the actual data that is copied in. | | | Leave all the other values at their defaults, and specify the prefix-length for the varbinary columns, as 2 in the table, if their lengths are greater than 255 bytes up to 8060 bytes because 8060 bytes is the maximum length of a row in SQL Server 2000. | | | When you specify the parameters for the format file, when BCPing out the data, you must manually set the "Prefix length of field FIELD_NAME" to 2 for the varbinary columns that are 255 bytes or more. |
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http://www.sunsite.org.uk/sites/ftp.microsoft.com/MISC/KB/en-us/279/224.HTM
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| | IEC prefixes and symbols for binary multiples |
| | After a much heated discussion in December 2001 on linux‐kernel mailing list, the binary prefixes have been accepted by key Linux developers, and are now extensively gaining ground across Open Source UNIX applications. | | | This precedent might prompt Apple to adapt binary prefixes in its Mac OS, as well as other companies to put pressure on Microsoft to adapt them in its Windows operating systems. | | | As time passed, and as computers were introduced into mainstream life, and as the amounts of data people were dealing with grew dramatically, a great deal of confusion arose around this. |
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http://members.optus.net/alexey/prefBin.html
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| | Binary prefixes for digital electronics |
| | As a result of the widespread use of personal computers, people are now exposed to the misuse of SI prefixes in matters that deal with file sizes and memory storage devices. | | | Rather than being based on powers of 10, they are based on powers of 2, which is much more convenient in computer systems. | | | Note the following table, which presents the binary prefixes alongside the analogous SI prefixes. |
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http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj/binprefixes.html
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| | Binary code - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
| | binary and text files on computers are represented as binary codes | | | The term binary code can mean several different things: | | | There are a variety of different methods of coding numbers or symbols into strings of bits, including fixed-length binary numbers, prefix codes such as Huffman codes, and other coding techniques including arithmetic coding. |
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http://www.arikah.net/encyclopedia/Binary_code
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| | Searching and Encoding for Infinite Ordered Sets |
| | It is known that each search algorithm determines a prefix code, and in three cases we show to what extent the converse is true. | | | Abstract: We consider the relationships between binary search algorithms and binary prefix encodings of infinite linearly ordered sets. | | | Keywords: unbounded search, binary encodings, prefix codes, search codes, linear order, infinite sets, decision theory, information theory, theoretical comptuer science |
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http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~qstout/abs/IJCIS82.html
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| | prefix - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | prefix : Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [home, info] | | | prefix : Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [home, info] | | | prefix : WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info] |
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http://onelook.com/?w=prefix&ls=a
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| | %title Prefix with 'nws_' the name of all produced binaries (namespace depolution) For example, host was a *really* bad name since this name exists on some system. | | | When the script is asked to manage NWS hosts, it queries this data base to determine what hosts are -running and how they can be contacted. | | | Each record lists the machine name, host type, port, NWS binary path, and switches for a particular NWS host. |
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http://graal.ens-lyon.fr/~mquinson/grid/patches/nws/prefix_binary
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| | Compression Links: Prefix Compression of Sparse Binary Strings |
| | This article discusses an approach to the unique problem of compression sparse binary strings. | | | HOME / Prefix Compression of Sparse Binary Strings >> | | | Compression Links: Prefix Compression of Sparse Binary Strings |
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http://www.compression-links.info/Link/1734
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| | Prefix-free Binary Encoding |
| | A binary tree can define a variable length code. | | | The resulting binary code is a prefix code where no codeword is a prefix of some other codeword; this is called the prefix-free property of the code. | | | The decoding process, when prefix-free code is used, is unambiguous. |
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http://www.cs.rit.edu/~std3246/thesis/node7.html
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| | Definition of Orders of magnitude (data) - Biocrawler |
| | A byte is the same for most practical purposes, but does not equal 8 bits on all computer architectures. | | | The powers of 2 are the binary prefixes kibi, mebi etc. | | | The decimal prefixes kilo, mega etc. are strictly powers of 10. |
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http://www.biocrawler.com/biowiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28data%29
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| | Terabyte - |
| | A terabyte (derived from the SI prefix tera-) is a measurement term for data storage capacity equal to approximately one trillion (short scale) bytes. | | | Because of irregularities in using the binary prefix in the definition and usage of the kilobyte, the exact number in common practice could be either one of the following: | | | The prefix "tera" originates from the Greek word teras meaning 'monster'. |
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http://www.grohol.com/psypsych/Terabytes
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| | The Mercury Project: [m-rev.] handle binary prefix operators in mercury_to_mercury.m |
| | The Mercury Project: [m-rev.] handle binary prefix operators in mercury_to_mercury.m | | | Output binary prefix operators (such as `some') using operator | | | This mail archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 on Fri Mar 01 2002 - 00:40:10 EST. |
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http://www.mercury.cs.mu.oz.au/mailing-lists/mercury-reviews/mercury-reviews.0202/0048.html
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| | Binary Prefixes |
| | Having mastered kilo, giga etc., we find that computers don't like these numbers based on tens because they only have two digits - nought and one. | | | To enable computers and people to MEAN the same thing when quoting numbers, we have a different set of prefixes based on multiples of two. | | | More details of the "citation for the revised standard IEC 60027-2, Second edition, 2000-11, Letter symbols to be used in electrical technology - Part 2: Telecommunications and electronics" can be found at |
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http://www.gkvideo.co.uk/binary_prefixes.htm
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| | Prefix - definition of Prefix in Computer |
| | When used with bytes of storage, these prefixes usually denote | | | The abbreviated forms of these prefixes are common in | | | Also, in data transfer rates the prefixes stand for powers of |
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http://computer.laborlawtalk.com/Prefix
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| | Mebibyte - |
| | bytes = 1,000,000 bytes, depending on context (see binary prefix). | | | The mebibyte is closely related to the megabyte (MB), which can either be a synonym for mebibyte, or refer to 10 | | | The two numbers are relatively close together, but mistaking the two has nevertheless occasionally led to problems. |
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http://psychcentral.com/wiki/Mebibyte
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| | k - Measurement Encyclopedia - National Instruments |
| | Not to be confused with K, the prefix for binary-related terms where K=1024 (2 | | | kilo, the SI prefix for 1,000, or 10 |
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http://zone.ni.com/devzone/nidzgloss.nsf/webmain/3D910D939231829E8625686A007940C4
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