512 (number)

Template:Infobox number 512 (five hundred [and] twelve) is the natural number following 511 and preceding 513.

In mathematics

512 is a power of two: 2⁹ (2 to the 9th power)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the cube of 8: 8³.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It is the eleventh Leyland number.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It is also the third Dudeney number.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It is a self number in base 12.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It is a harshad number in decimal.

It is the cube of the sum of its digits in base 10.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It is the number of directed graphs on 3 labeled nodes.<ref>Template:Cite OEIS</ref>

In computing

512 bytes is a common disk sector size,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and exactly a half of kibibyte.

Internet Relay Chat restricts the size of a message to 510 bytes, which fits to 512-bytes buffers when coupled with the message-separating CRLF sequence.<ref>Template:IETF RFC, section 2.3</ref>

512 = 2·256 is the highest number of glyphs that the VGA character generator can use simultaneously.Template:Citation needed

In music

Selena Quintanilla released a song titled El Chico del Apartamento 512 (the title referring to area code 512, which serves Austin, Texas<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Better source needed), in 1995.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Lamb of God recorded a song titled "512" for their 2015 album VII: Sturm und Drang. The song was named after the cell number in the Pankrác Prison Randy Blythe was in during his manslaughter case.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Mora and Jhay Cortez recorded a song titled "512" (The number 512 in this song refers to the Percocet 512 pill, a white, round pill whose active substances are acetaminophen and oxycodone hydrochloride) in February of 2021.

In popular culture

512 is a recurring number in the 2022 videogame Signalis.

In the 2022 videogame Who's Lila?, there is a prominent song named "Forest of 512 Sycamores".