MEMORY STORAGE CALCULATIONS - Jonathan Eckstein

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1/29/2007 CALCULATIONS Page 1 MEMORY STORAGE CALCULATIONS Professor Jonathan Eckstein (adapted from a document due to M. Sklar and C. Iyigun) An important issue in the construction and maintenance of information systems is the amount of STORAGE required. This handout presents basic concepts and CALCULATIONS pertaining to the most common data types. BACKGROUND - BASIC CONCEPTS Grouping Bits - We need to convert all MEMORY requirements into bits (b) or bytes (B). It is therefore important to understand the relationship between the two. A bit is the smallest unit of MEMORY , and is basically a switch.

1/29/2007 Calculations Page 1 MEMORY STORAGE CALCULATIONS Professor Jonathan Eckstein (adapted from a document due to M. Sklar and C. Iyigun) An important issue in the construction and maintenance of information systems is the amount of storage required.

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