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Yes there is actually 1024. The common count is 1000 because it easier than saying 1024.
This is why (if you have 64MB)memory count at startup you will not see 64000Kb you'll see 65536( 1024 x 64 )
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I am going to say one thousand.
As for the debate
I think you are both right:meg·a·byte (mg-bt)
n. Abbr. MB1.A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,048,576 (220) bytes.
2.One million bytes.
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1024 is correct, 1000 is not. PC's memory locations must be in blocks of 8,16,32,64, etc. Remember, 8 bits is a byte.
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1024 it is!!!! Thats why my 30 gig hard drive shows up as less than it actually is?
Jeez I need an answer for that to this day. Fresh Windows 98 Install=150 mb or so?
Maybe 50 megs worth of files added=200 mb
My drive is 27 gb ? Wow
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1024 bytes in a kilobyte. 1024 kilobytes in a megabyte. 1 megabyte = 1024 x 1024 = 1,048,576 bytes.
Because the transistors used in memory have only two states--on and off--it is a binary (power of two) operation. The 1024 comes because 2^10 is 1024 and is the closest figure to the decimal (power of 10) value of 1,000.
A million bytes = 1,000,000 bytes. But a megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes. As far as computers are concerned a megabyte is not 1 million bytes.
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1024 kB = 1 MB of course
it's not a question!but let's see this problem about bandwidth
for example:
somebody in the early '90s could have
a modem with speed 1200 bit/sec1200 bit/sec = 1.2 kbit/sec
in this case kilo means 1000 x value
if kilo is used with byte means 1024 x value,
but means 1000x in all the other cases
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So basically this is just an Americanism, they aren't really metric measurements even though the terminology suggests they are.
mega- 1 000 000 10+6
kilo- 1 000 10+3
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It isn't americanism, it's binaryism.
Kilo as used in metric system is 1000. When used in bytes it's 1024 because of the powers of 2 caused by bits and resistors.
They say kilo because it is the closest to 1000 and they keep it constant at 1024 to keep things straight trough kilos, Megas, gigas and teras.
As for your hard drive. Hard drive makers use the normal metric 1000 in a kilo (to make the disc look bigger than it really is), so your 30 GB hard drive is:
30 000 000 000 bytes.now, if there is 1024 B in a KB, 1024 in a MB, 1024 in a GB and we take that number and devide to get GB we get:
30 000 000 000 ÷ 1024 (KB) ÷ 1024 (MB) ÷ 1024 (GB) = 27.93967723846435546875 GB
which I bet is what Windows shows as your hard drive size (slightly less for FAT storage).
The 1024 ONLY exists in bytes. Bits, CPU clock rates, metres, litres, and grams use the 1000.
people use 1000 because it is aproxametly the same and is easier to wrap your head around.
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Ok Mr. blank. But that sounds like Dualism. It means one thing in metric and one thing in computer terminology. Of course this is derivative of germane American lingual indices, so at this juncture, I am going to guess "American Dualism". 2+2 equals 4 but really can we be sure? Perhaps the bytes have mutated and there really is 2.0334 bytes there. It's all so perplexing.
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TAke the number one and multiply by 2 and keep multiplying the result:
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
512
1024
2048
This is the powers of two, but with bits it's not a problem.
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Stamp, I was answering the question as to how it was asked. In (your words)"computer terminology". This is a computor forum. ;>)
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Well I always hang on to the notion that they are not separable- computer smarts and language intelligibility, that is.
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