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By Walton Dell
December 28, 1998
| The following is a comparison of the storage requirements
of various types of data. Please see also: My article, Bits and Bytes, and my definitions of bit and byte. |
Item: |
Approx. size: |
| One page letter or email with only text (TXT) (no formatting or pictures) | 10KB |
| A photo stored as a compressed JPG (medium-resolution) | 50KB |
| Low-resolution Windows wallpaper (BMP uncompressed) | 300KB |
| High-resolution Windows wallpaper (BMP uncompressed) | 1000KB |
| About 30 seconds of low-quality compressed video | 1000KB |
| About 30 seconds of low-quality uncompressed video | 6000KB |
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