I need verification ( clarification ) of units of measurement in a computer. I might get my terms confused.?

Question

1. How many bytes are there in a Meg ?
2. How many bytes are there in a Ram?
3. How many megs are there in a Ram?
4. How many bytes are there in a Gig ?
5. How many bytes are there in a Megaram ? Possible term
confusion.
6. How many bytes are there in a Gigaram ? Possible term
confusion.

Much appreciate a clarification of these items.

Answer 1

RAM = Random Access Memory, for example i have 512MB of ram. The more you have, the better. There is no such thing as too much ram.

I will make this very easy and clear for you to understand.

Lowest would be 1 BYTE.

Byte = B
Kilobyte = KB
Megabyte = MB
Gigabyte = GB
Terabyte = TB

1000 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte
1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte
1000 Gigabyte = 1 Terabyte

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1,000 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
1,000,000 Bytes = 1 Megabyte
1,000,000,000 Bytes = 1 Gigabyte
1,000,000,000,000 Bytes = 1 Terabyte

Today the maximum ram you can have is 8GB = 8000MB = 8000000KB = 8000000000B

And the maximum capacity you can have in your hard drive is 4TB = 4000GB = 4000000MB = 4000000000KB = 4000000000000B

What people are trying to explain is ram can only be doubled, So ram will never be an odd number.

Starting from 8 Kilobyes:

8
16
32
64
128
256
512
1024 (1MB rounded)
2048
4096
8192
16384
32768
65536
131072
262144
524288 (512MB rounded - They sell 512MB sticks of ram)
1048576 (1GB rounded - They sell 1GB sticks of ram)
2097152 (2GB rounded - They sell 2GB sticks of ram)
4194304
8388608 (8GB rounded - 4x2GB sticks of ram)

The highest memory capacity stick out in the market at the moment is 8GB (8388608KB). So really 8GB is 8.38GB.

Answer 2

Ok, so you do have a few terms confused, lets clarify that first.
RAM is a termed used for memory in your computer, it can come in many different types and sizes which may be why you're thinking it is a unit of measurement. Also, Megaram and Gigaram is definitely some confusion on your part as these terms do not exist.
So, as to the conversions:
There are 1048576 bytes in a Meg (MB) and 1024MB in a Gig (GB).

Answer 3

RAM stands for Random Access Memory, for measuring it you need a basic unit, like the byte, and the rest are just multiples of it.

1) 1024 ^2
2) Doesn't make sense, is like asking how many miles there are in a distance
3) Same as above
4) 1024 ^3
5) "Megaram" doesn't exist
6) Same as above

Answer 4

1048576 bytes in a Megabyte
1073741824 bytes in a Gigabyte

Took me a minute to figure out the confusion in terms. Then I actually said it out loud..."How much memory you got in there?" "Oh, I got a Gigaram" (as in Gig of RAM).

Answer 5

1 Byte = 8 Bit
1 Kilobyte = 1024 Bytes
1 Megabyte = 1048576 Bytes
1 Gigabyte = 1073741824 Bytes

RAM is an acronym for Random Access Memory and comes in various sizes, such as 256 Mb (Megabytes), 512 Mb, etc.

I'm not familiar with Megaram and Gigaram.

Answer 6

1 Meg has 1,000,000 bytes (or 1,024,000 depending how you convert it)

2 Ram is memory and it is not a unit of measure
3 Same as 2
4 one gig has 1,000,000,000 (or 1,073,741,824 depending on conversion)
5 same as 2
6 same as 2

hope this helps you

Answer 7

1024 bytes per kilobyte
1024 kilobytes per megabyte
and so on
1024x1024 = bytes per meg ect keep going from there :)



beware hardware manufacturers use a 1000 count method

Answer 8

1 2^16 Bytes
2. Depend on it's capacity
3.Depen on its manufacture capacity
4. 2^24 bytes
5. 2^16 bytes
6. 2^24 bytes

Answer 9

heres a converter, knock yourself out...........http://www.convertunits.com/from/bytes/to/megabytes

scott