For reference, a list with the total number of unique values we have in a sequence of N bits. [How to Calculate?]
Bits | Permutations |
---|---|
1 | 2 |
2 | 4 |
3 | 8 |
4 | 16 |
5 | 32 |
6 | 64 |
7 | 128 |
8 | 256 |
9 | 512 |
10 | 1,024 |
11 | 2,048 |
12 | 4,096 |
13 | 8,192 |
14 | 16,384 |
15 | 32,768 |
16 | 65,536 |
17 | 131,072 |
18 | 262,144 |
19 | 524,288 |
20 | 1,048,576 |
21 | 2,097,152 |
22 | 4,194,304 |
23 | 8,388,608 |
24 | 16,777,216 |
25 | 33,554,432 |
26 | 67,108,864 |
27 | 134,217,728 |
28 | 268,435,456 |
29 | 536,870,912 |
30 | 1,073,741,824 |
31 | 2,147,483,648 |
32 | 4,294,967,296 |
Some significant lengths beyond 32:
64 bit: 18446744073709551616.
128 bit: 340282366920938463463374607431768211456.
256 bit: 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639936.
512 bit: 13407807929942597099574024998205846127479365820592393377723561443721764030073546976801874298166903427690031858186486050853753882811946569946433649006084096.
1024 bit: 179769313486231590772930519078902473361797697894230657273430081157732675805500963132708477322407536021120113879871393357658789768814416622492847430639474124377767893424865485276302219601246094119453082952085005768838150682342462881473913110540827237163350510684586298239947245938479716304835356329624224137216.
2048 bit: 32317006071311007300714876688669951960444102669715484032130345427524655138867890893197201411522913463688717960921898019494119559150490921095088152386448283120630877367300996091750197750389652106796057638384067568276792218642619756161838094338476170470581645852036305042887575891541065808607552399123930385521914333389668342420684974786564569494856176035326322058077805659331026192708460314150258592864177116725943603718461857357598351152301645904403697613233287231227125684710820209725157101726931323469678542580656697935045997268352998638215525166389437335543602135433229604645318478604952148193555853611059596230656.
4096 bit: 1044388881413152506691752710716624382579964249047383780384233483283953907971557456848826811934997558340890106714439262837987573438185793607263236087851365277945956976543709998340361590134383718314428070011855946226376318839397712745672334684344586617496807908705803704071284048740118609114467977783598029006686938976881787785946905630190260940599579453432823469303026696443059025015972399867714215541693835559885291486318237914434496734087811872639496475100189041349008417061675093668333850551032972088269550769983616369411933015213796825837188091833656751221318492846368125550225998300412344784862595674492194617023806505913245610825731835380087608622102834270197698202313169017678006675195485079921636419370285375124784014907159135459982790513399611551794271106831134090584272884279791554849782954323534517065223269061394905987693002122963395687782878948440616007412945674919823050571642377154816321380631045902916136926708342856440730447899971901781465763473223850267253059899795996090799469201774624817718449867455659250178329070473119433165550807568221846571746373296884912819520317457002440926616910874148385078411929804522981857338977648103126085903001302413467189726673216491511131602920781738033436090243804708340403154190336.
Acknowledgements
This article was only possible thanks to Wolfram|Alpha showing me the whole number with all the digits.
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