Vaughn's 1-pagers Computer Guide

Powers
of 2
Bit Highest
Line Bit Weight Number Count Hex
Number (Memory Address)
1 2 0 1 1 0000h
2 2 1 2 3 0003h
3 2 2 4 7 0007h First
4 2 3 8 15 000Fh byte
5 2 4 16 31 001Fh (8 lines
6 2 5 32 63 002Fh can count First
7 2 6 64 127 004Fh to 255) word
8 2 7 128 255 008Fh (16 bits)
9 2 8 256 511 01FFh
10 2 9 512 1,023 02FFh (if little
11 2 10 1,024 2,047 04FFh Second endian)
12 2 11 2,048 4,095 08FFh byte
13 2 12 4,096 8,191 1FFFh (16 lines
14 2 13 8,192 16,383 2FFFh can count
15 2 14 16,384 32,767 4FFFh to 65,535)
16 2 15 32,768 65,535 8FFFh
17 2 16 65,536 1 FFFF
18 2 17 131,072 2 FFFF
19 2 18 262,144 4 FFFF Third
20 2 19 524,288 1,048,560 8 FFFF byte
21 2 20 1,048,576 1F FFFF (24 lines
22 2 21 2,097,152 2F FFFF can count Second
23 2 22 4,194,304 4F FFFF to 16.7M) word
24 2 23 8,388,608 16,777,215 8F FFFF (16 bits)
25 2 24 16,777,216 1FF FFFF
26 2 25 33,554,432 2FF FFFF (if little
27 2 26 67,108,864 4FF FFFF Fourth endian)
28 2 27 134,217,728 268,435,455 8FF FFFF byte
29 2 28 268,435,456 1FFF FFFF (32 lines
30 2 29 536,870,912 2FFF FFFF can count
31 2 30 1,073,741,824 4FFF FFFF to 4.2B)
32 2 31 2,147,483,648 4,294,967,295 8FFF FFFF (4 Gigs)
33 2 32 4,294,967,296
34 2 33 8,589,934,592
35 2 34 17,179,869,184 Fifth
36 2 35 34,359,738,368 - - byte
37 2 36 68,719,476,736 (40 lines)
38 2 37 137,438,953,472 Third
39 2 38 274,877,906,944 word
40 2 39 549,755,813,888 (16 bits)
41 2 40 1,099,511,627,776
42 2 41 2,199,023,255,552 (if little
43 2 42 4,398,046,511,104 Sixth endian)
44 2 43 8,796,093,022,208 - - byte
45 2 44 17,592,186,044,416 (48 lines)
46 2 45 35,184,372,088,832
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47 2 46 70,368,744,177,664
48 2 47 140,737,488,355,328
49 2 48 281,474,976,710,656
50 2 49 562,949,953,421,312
51 2 50 1,125,899,906,842,620 approx. Seventh
52 2 51 2,251,799,813,685,250 approx. - byte
53 2 52 4,503,599,627,370,500 approx. (56 lines)
54 2 53 9,007,199,254,740,990 approx. Fourth
55 2 54 18,014,398,509,482,000 approx. word
56 2 55 36,028,797,018,964,000 approx. (16 bits)
57 2 56 72,057,594,037,927,900
58 2 57 144,115,188,075,856,000 (63 lines can count (if little
59 2 58 288,230,376,151,712,000 to 4.6 quintillion) Eighth endian)
60 2 59 576,460,752,303,423,000 4.6 x 10 18 byte
61 2 60 1,152,921,504,606,850,000 or (64 lines)
62 2 61 2,305,843,009,213,690,000 4.600.000.000,000,000,000
63 2 62 4,611,686,018,427,390,000 (which is the approx.
64 2 63 9,223,372,036,854,780,000 weight of the Earth in tons)

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