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Why is memory in bytes?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 10/3/2023

The word was made up by Dr. Werner Buchholz at IBM IN 1956 to represent a grouping of bits. At the time, he was working with 6 bit bytes. Today, a byte is 8 bits.

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∙ 16y ago

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Ram memory is measured in bytes how many bytes are there in 2gb of ram memory?

2147483648 bytes

What is better more memory or more bytes?

Its the same. The unit for memory is bytes.

How many bytes of memory does an integer occupy?

4 bytes

How many bytes in 16k memory?

A kilobyte (or a k) is 1024 bytes, so 16k is 16*1024 bytes or 16384 bytes.

What are bytes used to represent?

bytes are used to represent the amount of capacity in a memory

What is memory measurement?

The memory in the computer is stored in the form of bits and bytes

How many bytes are there in 4 kilobytes of memory?

4,096 In computer memory, "kilo" refers to 2 to the 10th power, or 1024, rather than to 1000.

How many bytes are in 1gigabyte?

1024 mega bytes

What type of unit is bytes or megabytes?

memory units

How much memory does a DSi has?

440 mega bytes

How int is stored in memory?

As 4 adjacent bytes.

Is pimary memory stored on chips in the motherboard?

bytes