2006-09-08 02:16:35 · 29 answers · asked by ♥HELLO♥ 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
is it 1000 mega bytes? might be wrong
2006-09-08 02:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's all done in binary (base 2) so it's 1024 megabytes, not 1000 which is decimal (base 10).
a bit is the smallest unit of memory available. it's basically like a switch and can store 1 or 0 (on or off).
8 bits make a byte, which is more useful, because it can store a number or a letter like "A"
Kilobytes are simply 1024 bytes
Megabytes are 1024 Kilobytes or 1024*1024 bytes (1048576)
Gigabytes are 1024 Megabytes or (1024*1024) * 1024 bytes (1073741824)
So if you ignore everything else memory is used for, 1 Gigabyte is enough to store 1073741824 letters...
2006-09-08 09:28:36 · answer #2 · answered by soullessfire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gigabyte 1024 megabytes
A megabyte is 1024 kilobytes
A kilobyte is 1024 bytes
A byte is 8 bits
A bit is the smallest unit of information on a computer.
2006-09-08 09:24:03 · answer #3 · answered by bk 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gigabytes are units of measurement of data in computing terms.
A gigabyte is 1024 megabytes (Mb).
A megabyte is 1024 kilobytes (Kb).
A kilobyte is 1024 bytes.
A byte usually refers to 8 bits. (a bit is zero or one).
In ASCII text (a common text data format), each character is represented by 8 bits - so from that you can figure out how much text will fit in a gigabyte.
Hope that helps...
2006-09-08 09:21:58 · answer #4 · answered by jonbeckett73 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abbreviation for binary term, a unit of storage capable of holding a single character. On almost all modern computers, a byte is equal to 8 bits. Large amounts of memory are indicated in terms of kilobytes (1,024 bytes), megabytes (1,048,576 bytes), and gigabytes (1,073,741,824 bytes).
2006-09-08 09:21:43 · answer #5 · answered by WEIRDRELATIVES 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 gigabyte or 1 gig is equal to 1024 megabytes
2006-09-08 09:20:12 · answer #6 · answered by vetkin 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A gigabyte (derived from the SI prefix giga-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one billion bytes.
2006-09-08 09:20:13 · answer #7 · answered by ooree 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A measurement of computer memory capacity, a gigabyte is one billion bytes of data or 1,000 megabytes. Sometimes incorrectly shortened to “gig” or “gigs.”
usuall 1024 megabytes = 1 gigabyte
2006-09-08 09:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by Mahesh Khanna T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A gigabyte (derived from the SI prefix giga-) is a unit of information or ... One gigabyte is roughly equal to 18 hours of MP3 music (at 128 kbit/s) ...
2006-09-08 09:19:53 · answer #9 · answered by pappy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gigabyte.... or commonly called a Gig, is a 1000 Megabytes/Meg of data. It can be used in two ways.... you could have a 10 Gig Hard Drive (10 000 Megs) or your music could use 5 Gigs ( 5000 megs) of your hard drive space.....
2006-09-08 09:20:17 · answer #10 · answered by Shaun G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
giga= 10 to the power 9
byte= adjacent bits processed by a computer as a unit.
giga+byte= gigabyte= a billion bytes
2006-09-08 18:21:50 · answer #11 · answered by bushra r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋