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From the linked page, they allege the data itself would be 540M, plus another 60M or so for app-framework (and 300M for social media trackers) so that'd likely
by mdaniel 5y ago
From the linked page, they allege the data itself would be 540M, plus another 60M or so for app-framework (and 300M for social media trackers) so that'd likely be bigger than one might wish for an app
> Number of megabytes of electronic storage required for text: 540
It's likely they're using "pdf scan size" or such, because I find their number suspicious
- Bud 5y agoOn the contrary, if the OED were available as an app for any reasonable price, or even a somewhat-unreasonable price, I would download it instantly for my phone and tablet. 600MB or even 900MB of storage would be well-spent.
- leoc 5y agoGTA: San Andreas or Genshin Impact will consume several times that space on iOS, indeed.
- dredmorbius 5y agoAt 8 characters per word, plus a space, and 59 million words, 540 MB checks out: You have: 540 MB / 59 million You want: bytes * 9.1525424 / 0.10925926 I have a considerable collection of digital books, many in PDF form. A typical book tends to run 1--5 MB in straight text. Scanned pages or image-heavy content can run to 30--300 MB for 200--1500 pages or so.