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The Byte Table
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The Byte Table Here it all is together, which helps to illustrate just how big some of those big numbers get! Metric Value Bytes Byte (B) 1 1 Kilobyte (KB) 1,024 1 1,024 Megabyte (MB) 1,024 2 1,048,576 Gigabyte (GB) 1,024 3 1,073,741,824 Terabyte (TB) 1,024 4 1,099,511,627,776 Petabyte (PB) 1,024 5 1,125,899,906,842,624 Exabyte (EB) 1,024 6 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 Zettabyte (ZB) 1,024 7 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 Yottabyte (YB) 1,024 8 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176
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Bill Gates may be one of the most famous people on planet Earth, but there are a few things you probably didn't know about either: Microsoft was originally called Micro-Soft - a combination of the terms microcomputer and software . Micro-Soft, renamed Microsoft in 1979, wasn't founded by Bill Gates alone - his high school friend Paul Allen is cofounder of the technology giant. Microsoft also wasn't the first venture by Gates and Paul. Among other things, they created a computerized machine, called Traf-O-Data , to process data from those pneumatic traffic counter tubes you've probably driven over before. Their homemade machine wasn't the only time Gates made a mark in the traffic world. He was arrested in 1975 and 1977 for various driving violations. Microsoft didn't start out making operating systems . The company's first products were versions of a programming language called Microsoft BASIC ...
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An engine in a factory failed. The owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing engines since he was young. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for Rs.10,000. “What?!” the owners exclaimed. “He hardly did anything!” So they wrote the old man a note saying, “Please send us an itemized bill.” The man sent a bill that read: Tapping with a hammer.. ……. . Rs. 2/- Knowing where to tap………. Rs 9,998/- Ef...
STD 7 Sound and Propagation
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Sound Q1. Choose the correct answer : Sound can travel through (a) gases only (b) solids only (c) liquids only (d) solids, liquids and gases. Answer : (d) Sound can travel through solids, liquids, and gases as it requires a medium to travel through. Solid, liquid and gas provide the medium for sound to travel. Sound cannot travel in vacuum. Q2. Which of the following voices is likely to have minimum frequency? (a) Baby girl (b) Baby boy (c) A man (d) A woman Answer : (c) A man Frequency of a sound is directly proportional to its pitch. The voice of an adult man is of lower pitch in comparison to the voices of a baby boy, a baby girl and a woman. The voice of a baby girl has highest pitch among this group. Q3. In the fo...