Byte Reflection

Zach M         9/29/16

The salesperson in a cell phone store is telling me that the phone I'm considering has 8GB of memory, which means I can save 10,000 photos taken with the phone's camera!

Is the salesperson telling me the truth? Why or why not?

It depends on the resolution of the camera. If the resolution is high, like 3200x2400, then you would not have enough space. A picture of that quality would take up around 2.2 mb, which is 0.002 gb. 0.002 gb * 10000 photos = 22 gb of data. If the pictures are low enough resolution, then they should be able to fit.

When does byte size matter?  Reflect on the many considerations one has related to coding, data transfer, RAM storage, word size, flash and hard drive storage and Web Pages.

Byte size matters almost all the time. Larger byte sizes means usually means longer loading times, and users of computers are usually impatient. When creating web pages, if you add too many images, videos, or sound, it will take a while for your page to load. The user trying to look at your site will get frustrated at how slow it is loading, even if it’s only taking a couple of seconds.

Byte size matters in RAM storage because you only have a limited amount of RAM. Coders should be conscious of how much ram their program is taking up, and attempt to make it the lowest possible. Byte size matters on flash drives because there is usually only a few gigabytes of storage. The user must be conscious of what they put on their drive, only putting on the necessities. Byte size doesn’t matter so much with hard drive storage because of the abundance of space. Chances are, a average user won’t fill up a 500gb hard drive in their computer’s lifetime, so they don’t have to worry about the amount of things they put on it.