September 24th, 2003, 09:18 AM
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Re: about planet storage
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Originally posted by Taera:
whats 2^32? i mean, where the number comes from?
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It is the number of values a 32 bit integer (the type most computers use) can take on; for an unsigned integer, the minimum value is 0, the maximum value is (2^32) - 1 = 4294967295; for a signed integer, the minimum value is -2147483648 (-(2^31)), and the maximum value is 2147483647 ((2^31) - 1).
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Of course, by the time I finish this post, it will already be obsolete. C'est la vie.
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