Database System Concepts
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ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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  1. If a computer uses memory addresses that are 1 byte in size, how many memory locations can there be in the system?

      A.

    32
      B.

    64
      C.

    128
      D.

    256
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Step 1: formula:

If a computer uses memory addresses that are 1 byte in size, the number of memory locations can be calculated using the formula:

Number of memory locations = 2^(number of bits in the address)

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