Richard 2022-07-21 17:11:45
It's right that 1kg 1000 grams and 1km 1000 metre however when it comes to Compters and other electronic devices, 1kb 1024 bits and 1kB 1024 bytes. This is because We use decimals in day-to-day life. When we say 50, it's 50, neither 00110010 binary nor 32 Hexadecimal.Interesting to figure out that the guy who derived the conversion of bytes to kilobytes, has taken 1024 as the factor because the computer understands binary by default, moreover 1024 210 and 1024 resembles 1000. If we take 211, it would be 2048, so is 2124096. So 1kB 1024 bytes. ...
Tamirat Abebe 2022-04-19 07:04:52
wow very important question thank you. ...
Andy 2021-07-28 08:16:47
In pure computer terms 1GB 1024MB. The decimal system has come from tech manufacturers deciding that it was easier for consumers to understand multiplying by 1000 rather than 1024. Back in the day, only computer professionals possessed computers so the 1024 KB system was second nature to them, as computers became more affordable and the layperson gained ownership, the decimal system was introduced as people were already familiar with kilometres and kilograms. ...
Imteyaz 2019-09-16 00:08:26
There are much confusion some where show that 1 tb is equal to 1000 GB and some where show that 1 GB is equal to 1024 GB. ...