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  2. Page (computer memory) - Wikipedia

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    A system with a smaller page size uses more pages, requiring a page table that occupies more space. For example, if a 2 32 virtual address space is mapped to 4 KiB (2 12 bytes) pages, the number of virtual pages is 2 20 = (2 32 / 2 12). However, if the page size is increased to 32 KiB (2 15 bytes), only 2 17 pages are required. A multi-level ...

  3. Read-only memory - Wikipedia

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    This is the least expensive, and fastest way of making mask ROM [3] as it only needs one mask with data, and has the lowest density of all mask ROM types as it is done at the metallization layer, [3] whose features can be relatively large in respect to other parts of the ROM. This is known as contact-programmed ROM.

  4. File size - Wikipedia

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    File size is a measure of how much data a computer file contains or how much storage space it is allocated. Typically, file size is expressed in units based on byte. A large value is often expressed with a metric prefix (as in megabyte and gigabyte) or a binary prefix (as in mebibyte and gibibyte). [1]

  5. Computer memory - Wikipedia

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    Historical lowest retail price of computer memory and storage Electromechanical memory used in the IBM 602, an early punch multiplying calculator Detail of the back of a section of ENIAC, showing vacuum tubes Williams tube used as memory in the IAS computer c. 1951 8 GB microSDHC card on top of 8 bytes of magnetic-core memory (1 core is 1 bit.)

  6. Semiconductor memory - Wikipedia

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    ROM (Read-only memory) – This is designed to hold permanent data, and in normal operation is only read from, not written to. Although many types can be written to ...

  7. Units of information - Wikipedia

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    The byte, 8 bits, 2 nibbles, is possibly the most commonly known and used base unit to describe data size. The word is a size that varies by and has a special importance for a particular hardware context. On modern hardware, a word is typically 2, 4 or 8 bytes, but the size varies dramatically on older hardware.

  8. Computer data storage - Wikipedia

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    The size of the largest "chunk" of data that can be efficiently accessed as a single unit, e.g. without introducing additional latency. Reliability The probability of spontaneous bit value change under various conditions, or overall failure rate. Utilities such as hdparm and sar can be used to measure IO performance in Linux.

  9. 16-bit computing - Wikipedia

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    In computer architecture, 16-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 16 bits (2 octets) wide.Also, 16-bit central processing unit (CPU) and arithmetic logic unit (ALU) architectures are those that are based on registers, address buses, or data buses of that size. 16-bit microcomputers are microcomputers that use 16-bit microprocessors.