128 (number)

In mathematics

In bar codes

• Code 128 is a Uniform Symbology Specification alphanumeric bar code that encodes text, numbers, numerous functions, and designed to encode all 128 ASCII characters, as used in the shipping industry.
• Subdivisions include:
• * 128A
• * 128B
• * 128C
• * GS1-128 application standard of the GS1 implementation using the Code 128 barcode specification
• * ISBT 128 system for blood product labeling for the International Society of Blood Transfusion

  In computing

• 128-bit key size encryption for secure communications over the Internet
• * IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses
• * Any bit with a binary prefix is 128 bytes of a lesser binary prefix value, such as 1 gibibit is 128 mebibytes
• * 128-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are at most 128 bits 16 octets wide
• ASCII includes definitions for 128 characters
• CAST-128 is a block cipher used in a number of products, notably as the default cipher in some versions of GPG and PGP.
• Graphics cards have a 128-bit, 256-bit, or 512-bit data bus to memory.
• Atari 2600 consoles have 128 bytes of memory
• Sony's PlayStation 2 Emotion Engine CPU has two 128-bit vector units
• Macintosh 128K was the original Apple Macintosh personal computer released in 1984
• Laser 128 released by VTech was a clone of the Apple II released in 1984
• Commodore 128 home/personal computer which had a 128 KB of memory released in 1985
• Enterprise 128 Zilog Z80 home computer released in 1985
• Jane 128 was a GUI-based integrated software package for the Commodore 128 personal computer released in 1985
• RIVA 128 was one of the first consumer graphics chips to integrate 3D and video acceleration in 1997
• Super Mario 128 is a cancelled Nintendo game, though many elements were included in Super Mario Galaxy and Pikmin.

  In the military

• was a United States Navy Mission Buenaventura-class fleet oilers during World War II
• was a United States Navy during World War II
• was a United States Navy Crosley-class high speed transport
• was a United States Navy during World War II
• was a United States Navy which removed naval mines laid in the water

  In transportation

• A small car manufactured by Fiat, the Fiat 128 from 1969 to 1985. SEAT 128 was a 2-door coupé version of the car
• The BMW 128i convertible
• 128 is the number of many roads, including Massachusetts Route 128, Boston's inner beltway.
• Route 128 Station is a stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Attleboro/Providence MBTA Commuter Rail line in Westwood, Massachusetts
• STS-128 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission to the International Space Station in 2009

  In other fields

• The year AD 128 or 128 BC
• 128 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 745 - 746 CE
• 128 Nemesis is a main belt asteroid
• Ross 128 is a red dwarf star, eleventh closest star system to the Solar System
• 128P/Shoemaker-Holt is a periodic comet in the Solar system
• The atomic number of unbioctium, an element yet to be discovered
• The number of musical instruments specified in General MIDI. Sometimes they are numbered 0 to 127 and sometimes they are numbered 1 to 128.
• 128 film, a film format
• Sonnet 128 by William Shakespeare
• In music, a hundred twenty-eighth note is a note played for 1/128 of the duration of a whole note
• The number of US fluid ounces in a US gallon