2006-08-03 03:29:53 · 16 answers · asked by Sarah 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Giga is larger (10 to the power of 9)
versus
Mega which is (10 to the power of 6)
Kilo, mega, giga, tera, and peta are among the list of prefixes that are used to denote the quantity of something, such as, in computing and telecommunications, a byte or a bit. Sometimes called prefix multipliers, these prefixes are also used in electronics and physics. Each multiplier consists of a one-letter abbreviation and the prefix that it stands for.
In communications, electronics, and physics, multipliers are defined in powers of 10 from 10-24 to 1024, proceeding in increments of three orders of magnitude (103 or 1,000).
2006-08-03 03:38:55 · answer #1 · answered by Primrose 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A gigabyte is 1000 megabytes, a megabyte is 1000 kilobytes.
2006-08-03 03:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by Charles M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, let me school you in the world of bytes...
A byte is a collection of bits (8 to be exact). Just like the metric system, sizes increase dramatically, so you get something like this in a scale from small to large:
Bit
Byte
Kilobyte
Megabyte
Gigabyte
Terabyte
Tetrabyte
etc.
2006-08-03 03:41:23 · answer #3 · answered by Michael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes
A megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes
2006-08-03 03:35:03 · answer #4 · answered by John K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a giga byte..:)
1 giga byte = 1024 mega byte
1 mega byte = 1024 kilo byte
1 kilo byte = 1024 bytes
2006-08-03 03:35:03 · answer #5 · answered by ask sammy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kinda like you, a gigabite
And a megabyte being a little baby
2006-08-03 03:33:56 · answer #6 · answered by See ya later aligator 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
giga is 1024 mega, mega is 1024 kilo, kilo is 1024 bytes (tera is 1024 giga, etc.)
These are by 1024 because memory is always in powers of two.
2006-08-03 03:35:04 · answer #7 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hello friend.. always giga is bigger than mega.. 1024 mb makes 1 gb
2006-08-03 03:34:06 · answer #8 · answered by harsha varma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
giga bites (GB). 1000 megabites is = to 1 GB
2006-08-03 03:34:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
gigabyte since 1 gigabyte = 1000megabytes
2006-08-03 03:34:56 · answer #10 · answered by the fishkeeper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋