Limits
The limits of data storage depend on the technology to write and read such data. For example, an 8"x10" 300dpi 8-bit greyscale image map contains 7.2 megabytes of data—assuming a scanner can accurately reproduce the printed image to that resolution and color depth, and a program can accurately interpret such an image. A similarly sized image in 2400dpi 24-bit true color theoretically contains 1.38 gigabytes of information.
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“You must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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