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* [Security guide for developers](https://github.com/FallibleInc/security-guide-for-developers)
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* [OWASP top ten](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Top_Ten_Cheat_Sheet)
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## Appendix
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You'll sometimes be asked to do 'back-of-the-envelope' estimates.  For example, you might need to determine how long it will take to generate 100 image thumbnails from disk or how much memory a data structure will take.  The **Powers of two table** and **Latency numbers every programmer should know** are handy references.
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### Powers of two table
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```
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Power           Exact Value         Approx Value        Bytes
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7                             128
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8                             256
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10                           1024   1 thousand           1 KB
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16                         65,536                       64 KB
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20                      1,048,576   1 million            1 MB
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30                  1,073,741,824   1 billion            1 GB
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32                  4,294,967,296                        4 GB
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40              1,099,511,627,776   1 trillion           1 TB
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```
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#### Source(s) and further reading
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* [Powers of two](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_two)
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