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* [Security guide for developers](https://github.com/FallibleInc/security-guide-for-developers)
* [OWASP top ten](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Top_Ten_Cheat_Sheet)
## Appendix
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.
### Powers of two table
```
Power Exact Value Approx Value Bytes
---------------------------------------------------------------
7 128
8 256
10 1024 1 thousand 1 KB
16 65,536 64 KB
20 1,048,576 1 million 1 MB
30 1,073,741,824 1 billion 1 GB
32 4,294,967,296 4 GB
40 1,099,511,627,776 1 trillion 1 TB
```
#### Source(s) and further reading
* [Powers of two](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_two)