Comments on: How many digital photographs can be stored on this compact flashcard? http://www.tugjobspics.com/photographs/how-many-digital-photographs-can-be-stored-on-this-compact-flashcard Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:12:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daz http://www.tugjobspics.com/photographs/how-many-digital-photographs-can-be-stored-on-this-compact-flashcard/comment-page-1#comment-5888 Daz Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:42:59 +0000 http://www.tugjobspics.com/photographs/how-many-digital-photographs-can-be-stored-on-this-compact-flashcard#comment-5888 Depends on whether this is a simple maths question or a real life one. if it's simply maths, then 4000/2.4 = 1666 photos. however in reality. people confuse the definitions of file size in terms of computer files. difference is the classic sense of giga mega kilo has a difference of 10^3 = 1000, whereas when described as a computer files the difference is actually 2^10 = 1024. strictly speaking all the computer files should be using units such as GiB, MiB, KiB (1024) instead of GB MB and KB (1000). however, people just simply use one (ie. GB MB and KB) for simplicity. but for disk space, it's actually describe the number of bits in the classic sense. ie. in this case 4GB = 4 x 10^9 bites = 4 x 10^9/(1024 x 1024) = 3814.7 MB So in reality, the photos you can store would be, 3814.7/ 2.4 = 1589 photos. hope it helps.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_size Depends on whether this is a simple maths question or a real life one.

if it’s simply maths, then 4000/2.4 = 1666 photos.

however in reality. people confuse the definitions of file size in terms of computer files.

difference is the classic sense of giga mega kilo has a difference of 10^3 = 1000, whereas when described as a computer files the difference is actually 2^10 = 1024.

strictly speaking all the computer files should be using units such as GiB, MiB, KiB (1024) instead of GB MB and KB (1000). however, people just simply use one (ie. GB MB and KB) for simplicity.

but for disk space, it’s actually describe the number of bits in the classic sense. ie.

in this case 4GB = 4 x 10^9 bites = 4 x 10^9/(1024 x 1024) = 3814.7 MB

So in reality, the photos you can store would be,

3814.7/ 2.4 = 1589 photos.

hope it helps.
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_size

]]> By: Jared http://www.tugjobspics.com/photographs/how-many-digital-photographs-can-be-stored-on-this-compact-flashcard/comment-page-1#comment-5887 Jared Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:52:59 +0000 http://www.tugjobspics.com/photographs/how-many-digital-photographs-can-be-stored-on-this-compact-flashcard#comment-5887 Assuming that a file of 2.4MB only takes up 2.4MB, which isn't actually the case, then it's a simple matter of division: 4GB / 2.4MB 1GB = 1000MB --> 4000 / 2.4 = 1666.667 You can't store .667 of a photo, so the answer is ~ 1,666 photos<br><b>References : </b><br> Assuming that a file of 2.4MB only takes up 2.4MB, which isn’t actually the case, then it’s a simple matter of division:

4GB / 2.4MB

1GB = 1000MB
–>
4000 / 2.4 = 1666.667

You can’t store .667 of a photo, so the answer is

~ 1,666 photos
References :

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