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'''512''' ('''five hundred [and] twelve''') is the [[Natural number|natural number]] following [[511 (number)|511]] and preceding 513.

== In mathematics ==
512 is a [[Power of two|power of two]]: 2<sup>9</sup> (2 to the 9th power)<ref>{{Cite web|title=A000079 - OEIS|url=https://oeis.org/A000079|access-date=2021-10-06|website=oeis.org}}</ref> and the [[Cube (algebra)|cube]] of 8: 8<sup>3</sup>.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A001018 - OEIS|url=https://oeis.org/A001018|access-date=2021-10-06|website=oeis.org}}</ref>

It is the eleventh [[Leyland number]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oeis.org/A076980|title=Sloane's A076980 : Leyland numbers|website=The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences|publisher=OEIS Foundation|access-date=2016-06-02}}</ref>

It is also the third [[Dudeney number]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A061209 - OEIS|url=https://oeis.org/A061209|access-date=2021-10-06|website=oeis.org}}</ref>

It is a [[Self number|self number]] in base 12.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A003052 - OEIS|url=https://oeis.org/A003052|access-date=2021-10-06|website=oeis.org}}</ref>

It is a [[Harshad number|harshad number]] in [[Decimal|decimal]].

It is the cube of the sum of its digits in base 10.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A118880 - OEIS|url=https://oeis.org/A118880|access-date=2022-01-22|website=oeis.org}}</ref>

It is the number of directed graphs on 3 labeled nodes.<ref>{{cite OEIS|A002416|<nowiki>a(n) = 2^(n^2)</nowiki>}}</ref>

== In computing ==
512 [[Octet (computing)|bytes]] is a common [[Disk sector|disk sector]] size,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011|title=The Advent of Advanced Format {{!}} IDEMA|url=http://www.idema.org/?page_id=2369|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929041229/http://www.idema.org/?page_id=2369|archive-date=29 September 2011|access-date=6 October 2021|website=www.idema.org}}</ref> and exactly a half of [[Kibibyte|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>{{IETF RFC|1459}}, section 2.3</ref>

512 = 2·[[256 (number)|256]] is the highest number of glyphs that the VGA character generator can use simultaneously.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

== 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>{{Cite web|title=El Chico del Apartamento 512 Margarita: A Tasty Nod to the Queen of Tejano {{!}} The Bend Magazine|url=http://www.thebendmag.com/2019/04/11/194893/el-chico-del-apartamento-512-margarita-a-tasty-nod-to-the-queen-of-tejano|access-date=2021-10-06|website=www.thebendmag.com|date=11 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}}), in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Galindo|first=Brian|title=Ranking The 15 Greatest Selena Songs Ever|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/ranking-the-15-greatest-selena-songs-ever|access-date=2021-10-06|website=BuzzFeed|date=31 March 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

Lamb of God recorded a song titled "512" for their 2015 album ''VII: Sturm und Drang''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=2015-06-08|title=Lamb of God on How Prison Inspired Raging New Song '512'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lamb-of-god-on-how-prison-inspired-raging-new-song-512-33844/|access-date=2021-10-06|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</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.

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