While this isn't realistic it's self, it does give a good approximation to normal people about how far the computer has progressed through the address space; th

While this isn't realistic it's self, it does give a good approximation to normal people about how far the computer has progressed through the address space; think of it more like a progress bar which happens to have letters than an actual representation. Yes, I say progress bar because I know that if it were actually progressing through an address space we'd see it 'counting' much differently and not locking in until the end.