Here is what I get when I complete the search.
And here’s what I get when I intentionally change the units. Notice the color difference?
I don’t think that’s the issue, OP also changed from 1 to 2, so I believe they basically want to know the result of 2 * 1024 * 1024, but the issue is that the result is written in scientific notation.
When you search “megabytes to bytes” the units are correct and the number is one. If you edit the form, the number might not be one and the units might not be correct. Changing units highlights the unit input.
OP’s ostensible point posting on this community is that searching “megabytes to bytes” gave “mebibytes to bytes” in the calculator but OP’s image shows OP has changed the calculator.
I don’t see any reply from OP so I’m growing confident that what you’re talking about is not OP’s point.
Often times when coding you may want to quickly write down 2MB but you may need to type it in bytes, so either you calculate 2 * 1024 * 1024 while coding, or you remember the number 2097152.
Now, since 2097152 is not such a common number that one would remember, you may quickly turn to the globally acclaimed
oraclesearch engine to get such an answer, but all you get is a number in scientific notation, approximated, without an option to read it in standard decimal base. So you have to open the calculator and ask the same question again to get the answer you need.If it helps, try to ignore what’s in the search bar and tell me if it makes more sense.
Edit: Additionally, if you were to NOT use the scientific notation, the length of the result would be shorter:
2,097e+6 (8 characters) vs 2097152 (7 characters)
Yeah. This was the problem. i just wanted to copy and paste it quickly but they rounded it off. It’s a useless conversion. And I switched it to mebibytes as well since that’s what everyone really means when they say megabytes unless you’re
makingselling storage devices. =]Indeed, I should have just used my calculator program.
GPT gave me this yesterday:
To convert 500 KiB/s to a more common unit like megabits per second (Mbps):
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Understand the conversion factors:
- 1 KiB (Kibibyte) = 1024 bytes
- 1 byte = 8 bits
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Calculate the speed in bits per second:
- 500 KiB/s = 500 * 1024 bytes/s = 512000 bytes/s
- 512000 bytes/s * 8 bits/byte = 4096000 bits/s
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Convert bits per second to megabits per second:
- 1 Mbps = 1,000,000 bits/s (for simplicity, although technically 1 Mbps = 1,048,576 bits/s, the simpler metric is usually used for network speeds)
- 4096000 bits/s / 1,000,000 = 4.096 Mbps
So, 500 KiB/s is approximately 4.1 Mbps.
I was like, I just wanted the answer!
That’s for its own benefit. It has to talk through it (or alternatively code through it) to work out the answer. S’just showing its work.
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