2^64 is 10s of trillions (not just trillions)

Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> Tue, 26 July 2011 21:10 UTC

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2^64 is 10s of trillions (not just trillions) and only for anglo-saxons.

2^64 is exabytes of memory (not giga, nor tera, nor peta).

I am not sure you look at adapting nd for these figures.

Alex