2006-11-29 04:06:56 · 16 answers · asked by John S 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The answer is, it depends.
If you are talking about RAM (the memory in your PC), then it's 1024MB = 1GB and 1024KB=1MB, but if you're talking about a hard drive, then the problem is that hard drive manufactures a couple of years ago started rounding their numbers, leading to all sorts of confusions - they say 1000MB = 1GB, since then they can claim there 70000MB disk drive is 70GB, not 69GB.
The 1024 comes from every base number in computing being a power of 2, 2^10 = 1024
2006-11-29 04:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by Ewan 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Depending on context, either 1000 or 1024 MB are in a GB (and likewise KB in MB). As others have stated, the confusion comes because of hardware manufacturers wanting an easy shorthand for the amount of space that their hardware contains. In response to this the term Mebibyte (MiB) was coined, which _always_ contains 2^20 bytes, or 1024 KiB.
So, the answer is - it depends.
2006-11-29 12:52:22 · answer #2 · answered by Neil C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1024 KB in 1 MB
1024 MB in 1 GB
actually
2006-11-29 12:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by writersbIock2006 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1000 MB equals 1 GB.
1000 KB equals 1 MB.
2006-11-29 12:18:43 · answer #4 · answered by rose_ee_lee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1024 KB in a MB
1048576 KB in a GB or 1048 MB in a GB
It follows the binary progression of 2^x
1, 2, 4, 8, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, etc. etc.
2006-11-29 12:10:44 · answer #5 · answered by talons_pryde2000 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1024
2006-11-29 12:25:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1024
2006-11-29 12:15:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1024MB in 1GB and 1024 KB in a MB
This is correct and its not 1000 its 1024.
2006-11-29 12:10:39 · answer #8 · answered by sbraidley 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
1000 MB in 1 GB
1000 KB in 1 MB
2006-11-29 12:08:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
1 bit is one unit either a 0 or a 1
1 byte is 8 bits
1 kilobyte (KB) 1,024 bytes
1 megabyte (MB) 1,048,576 bytes
1 gigabyte (GB) 1,073,741,824 bytes
2006-11-29 13:26:48 · answer #10 · answered by Bird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋