what's bigger,a kilobyte or a megabyte?

Answer 1

The megabyte is larger.

A kilobyte is equal to 1024 bytes (a byte is 8 bits). A bit is the smallest unit, and is represented by the on or off state of a tiny transistor (in RAM), or magnetic state (in a hard disc), or state of reflection (on a CD or DVD).

A megabyte is equal to 1024 kilobytes (or 1,048,576 bytes)

But often people round it out to 1000 bytes for a kilobyte, and 1000 kilobytes for a megabyte.

If you have noticed on a hard disc specified as say 300Gb, it will register less than that in your system info. This is because your system info reads 1024Mb as one Gb.

The reason for the difference in numbering goes back to the need to have everything a multiple of 8. 1000 is not a multiple of 8.

Answer 2

I know this question has caused alot of contraversy in the past :) But, the answer was confirmed just minutes ago by the Associated Press that without a doubt "Megabyte is bigger".

Answer 3

1 megabyte = 1000 kilobytes (Broadly speaking)

So a megabyte is much bigger

Answer 4

megabyte is 1024 kilobytes.

Answer 5

1 byte is equal to 8 bits
1 kilobyte is (k) 1024 bytes
1 megabyte (mb) is 1024k
1 gigabyte (gb) 1024 mb
1 terabyte (tb) 1024 gb

Answer 6

Megabyte

Kilobyte =1000 Bytes
Megabyte = 1000000 Bytes

Answer 7

The same they both have eight letters, megabyte sounds like one hell of a byte.

Answer 8

a megabyte

Answer 9

a megabyte

Answer 10

Kilo = 1,000 (thousand) Mega = 1,000,000 (million) and
Giga= 1,000,000,000 (billion) Tera = 1,000,000,000,000 (trillion)

I know I gave you more than you asked for but as long as I was here, what the heck.