Thursday, December 30, 2010

System Memory Conversions

Processor or Virtual Storage
· 1 Bit = Binary Digit
· 8 Bits = 1 Byte
· 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
· 1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte
· 1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte
· 1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte
· 1024 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte
· 1024 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte
· 1024 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte
· 1024 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte
· 1024 Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte
· 1024 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte

Disk Storage
· 1 Bit = Binary Digit
· 8 Bits = 1 Byte
· 1000 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
· 1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte
· 1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte
· 1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte
· 1000 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte
· 1000 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte
· 1000 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte
· 1000 Zettabytes = 1 Yottabyte
· 1000 Yottabytes = 1 Brontobyte
· 1000 Brontobytes = 1 Geopbyte

Bit is the smallest unit of data. It represents (only) two kinds: yes or no.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Create your own computer icon

There are applications that let's you create a customized icon but there is another way to create your own icon in a simple way. The least you'll need is the Windows MS Paint and and follow the steps that follows.

First: Open the Windows MS Paint.
Second: Click the "File" located in the top menu bar, and click "Open" from the file menu.
Third: A window will open. Locate the image file you want to be your icon. Click "Open" button
Fourth: Resize the image by 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 72x72, 96x96, or 128x128
Tip: You can resize the image beforehand
Fifth: Click the "File" located in the top menu bar, and click "Save as"
Sixth: Indicate the File name of your icon then add the .ico (eg. sample.ico)
Seventh: Choose "24-bit bitmap" in the "Save as type" then click "Save"

There you have it! Your own customized icon!

Saturday, December 4, 2010

How Does Torrents Work?

NOTE: if you're not familiar with downloading files in the internet then I recommend you to learn it first.

How to download files using torrent?

First: download a bitTorrent application, in which I use uTorrent. Download here.

Second: find a site where you can download torrent files. I prefer using the http://www.isohunt.com/.
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