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How many megabytes are in a Gigabyte?

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Depending on who you ask, it's 1024 or 1000. It's almost always 1024 unless it's an HDD, in which case it's 1000.
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How many Megabyte, the SI-multiple (see prefix mega-) of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission and is equal to 10 byteses in a Gigabyte, the SI-multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage?
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I found this very interesting. I used this to find out about how computer storage works too :) http://www.usingcomputers.co.uk/articles/Computer_Storage_Sizes_Explained.php
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Standard definition Officially, there are 1000 (10 3) megabytes (MB) in a gigabyte (GB). So 500MB would equal 0.5 GB. This definition is used in hard drives, portable memory ...
8 bits - 1 byte 1024 Bytes - 1 Kilo Byte 1024 Kilo Bytes - 1 Mega Byte 1024 Mega Bytes - 1 Giga Bytes
One thousand. One million (Mega) is 10 to the power of 6. One Giga is 10 to the power of 9. Therefore there are 1000 Megas in one Giga.
from one level to the next it is actually 1024 of the smaller in the larger. the reason is, well, open the windows calculator, to scientific view, enter 1024 in ...
As we are talking computer memory storage, and computers are binary based machines, the more correct is a base-2 number (1024). But most people are used to base-10 ...

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