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Correction for the amount of a Compact Disc

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How much is 318.730 megabytes?
It's about two-fifths as much as a Compact Disc
The amount of a Compact Disc is about 737.30 megabytes.
(80-minute, 360,000 sector disc; "Red Book" specifications)
A typical, 80-minute capacity compact disc, commonly known as a 700 megabyte (mB) disc will actually hold 737.3 megabytes (mB) of data. Such disks are 1.2 mm (0.047 in) thick.
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