Explanation wanted about UL figure showing on my profile
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I would really appreciated if someone can explain what UL:1.35 TB means more specifically what the .35 really means in terms of Mb or GB. Sorry if this is a stupid question, just trying to get a better understanding of what the .35 means when I see UL:1.35 TB. I only ask as I have been seeding and so far over the past couple of days I have uploaded 41.7GB upload (seeding) without any noticeable change in the info as it relates to my own info. Anyone who can explain this to me :thx: I have already reviewed the "The Rationator explained" but it didn't help. :blondmom: Appreciate anyone explaining this for me and Thank You in advance
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A terabyte is 1000 gigabytes, yup that is 1000!
So that .35 is 350 gigabytes uploaded (as well as the 1TB)
So your upload of 42GB is only .042 of a terabyte which may be within the rounding margin of the figures shown in your stats.
So don't worry, especially with your ratio
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While cannonmc is right about the units, at GayTorrent.ru it is based on the binary system: 1 TB = 1024 GB. Actually it would be correct to say 1 TiB = 1024 GiB. So we do the same wrong than Microsoft in the Windows OS.
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Don't feel guilty about that every manufacturer in the computer industry do it, sell you based on binary values and when you put it in your computer it isn't what they advertised it as windows doesn't work that way.
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Thanks for the information. It was like I figured but glad too know for sure. THANKS everyone!!!! :cheers:
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In the actual binary system, the comparison works like so:
(Where the accepted standard is that capital B refers to bytes, but lowercase b is bits)
(The same in theory holds true where for example K refers to 1024, but k refers to 1000)
1 B = 8 b
1 KB = 1024 B
1 MB = 1024 KB
1 GB = 1024 MB
1 TB = 1024 GBNow… When talking speed, they refer to what I like to call "Chinese Bytes", which breaks it down a little farther. Speed is measured in mb, not MB, so it's important to know how to factor to get it back to the scale as above. To do this, you break it down as follows (basing it on a 6mb/s line)
(6 mb) x (1,000,000 b/mb) = 6,000,000 b
(6,000,000 b) / (8 b/B) = 750,000 B
(750,000 B) / (1024 B/KB) = 732.42 KB
_Now… If this number were greater than 1024, you would divide again by 1024 to break it down into MB instead of KB... Again, if after dividing by 1024 to measure in MB is still above 1024, then you would divide again to give you TB.I know it may seem confusing that hard drive space and internet data transfer speeds are measured in different units that would appear to be the same, however this is not the case. You do get used to it in time though._
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So don't worry, especially with your ratio
Thanks cannonmc, wasn't worried about my ratio, I figure I will be okay for some time to come. Just wanted to understand what is showing for my info. Appreciate all the explanations though! :thx: :freehug:
