[TYPO3] Database size requirements

Tomas Mrozek mail at cascaval.com
Thu Jan 17 21:46:30 CET 2008


> You've heard of a decabyte, haven't you? 2 db = 20 bytes

2 decabytes?! No no, that would have to be "2 daB" as "deca" is "da" and 
"byte" is "B".

Let's get this clear. :-)

"d" means "deci", "b" means "bit". So...
2 db = 2 decibits = 0.2 bits

Tomas Mrozek
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References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix#List_of_SI_prefixes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit#Abbreviation.2Fsymbol


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