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Big numbers take
multiple mailboxes
•If
someone wants to store a number bigger than 255, they need multiple mailboxes.
•Four mailboxes means 8 bits x 4 mailboxes = 32 bits. 232 = 4,294,967,296 so you can store numbers in the billions with four mailboxes.
•Four mailboxes means 8 bits x 4 mailboxes = 32 bits. 232 = 4,294,967,296 so you can store numbers in the billions with four mailboxes.