Size Examples
- 90 bytes: enough to store a typical line of text from a book.
- 512 bytes = ½ KiB: the typical sector of a hard disk.
- 1024 bytes = 1 KiB: the classical block size in UNIX filesystems.
- 2048 bytes = 2 KiB: a CD-ROM sector.
- 4096 bytes = 4 KiB: a memory page in x86 (since Intel 80386).
- 4 kB: about one page of text from a novel.
- 120 kB: the text of a typical pocket book.
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