domain/computing library

Quantity types, units and constants commonly encountered in computing, information theory, and digital layouts.

Classes

Information: Amount of data. See the Wikipedia entry for Information for more information.
InformationRate: The flow of information, per unit time. See the Wikipedia entry for Information for more information.
InformationRateUnits: Units acceptable for use in describing InformationRate quantities.
InformationUnits: Units acceptable for use in describing Information quantities.
Pixel: Represents a count of picture elements (pixels).
PixelDensity: 2D pixel density in pixels per area.
PixelDensityUnits: Units acceptable for use in describing PixelDensity quantities.
PixelUnits: Units acceptable for use in describing Pixel quantities.
Resolution: Spatial resolution in pixels per length (1D).
ResolutionUnits: Units acceptable for use in describing Resolution quantities.
Token: Represents a count of discrete linguistic or computational tokens.
TokenRate: The flow of tokens, per unit time.
TokenRateUnits: Units acceptable for use in describing TokenRate quantities.
TokenUnits: Units acceptable for use in describing Token quantities.

bits → InformationUnits: The standard SI unit.
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bytes → InformationUnits: Units of 8 bits.
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gigabytes → InformationUnits: 10^9 bytes. Use Information.gibibytes (GiB) instead for the binary interpretation of GB (2^30 bytes).
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kilobytes → InformationUnits: 1000 bytes (8000 bits). Use Information.kibibytes (kiB) instead for the binary interpretation of kB (1024 bytes).
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megabytes → InformationUnits: 10^6 bytes. Use Information.mebibytes (MiB) instead for the binary interpretation of MB (2^20 bytes).
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terabytes → InformationUnits: 10^12 bytes. Use Information.tebibytes (TiB) instead for the binary interpretation of TB (2^40 bytes).
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