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Old 01-03-2003, 02:13 AM
Jjaden
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Communications

323.9 kilobits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

39.5 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download

25.9 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

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