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COMPUTERS

Computer number systems, storage and network basics

Understand bases, binary storage units, encoding and download-time calculations.

Computers store values as bits, while people often read decimal numbers. Storage labels can use decimal or binary prefixes, which changes the displayed amount.

Use the number-base calculator, data-storage converter, bandwidth calculator and download-time calculator to keep bases and units visible.

Put the idea into numbers.

Open the number base calculator