[Year 12 SofDev] Why is the number 2,147,483,647 important?

[Mark]

And it will all happen again when 128 bit CPUs arrive...


On 6 May 2015 at 11:29, Anthony Sullivan <asullivan at tps.vic.edu.au> wrote:

>  Interesting article today on the BBC website related to bits and bytes
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> http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150505-the-numbers-that-lead-to-disaster
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