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Posted on: April 10, 2007, 03:10:08 AM
Posted by: sohankrishna
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one 0 or one 1 is called a bit.8 bits = 1 byte.1024 bytes = 1 kilo byte1024 KB = 1 mega byte1024 MB = 1 giga byte1024 GB = 1 Tera byte (IIRC) Every thing is absolutely true but we cant treat or measure even by 1000 bytes = 1 kilo byte or some thing like that as said by Mr. Charles W. 1024 has its significance. These are the standard measurement units. But as far as I know we can't treat even by using 1000 instead of 1024.Let me get into the details for making it more clear. The basic thing that we know that data is transmitted or stored in the form of 0's or 1's. Many of them said it as 2^10 but why only 2 raised to some power, why not 3 or 4 or 5? This is cos we use only 2 bits that is 0's and 1's. So we represent the series of data that is transmitted or the amount of data been stored only to the power of 2 not any other number and hence we use as many said 2^10 that sums up to 1024. So I think this is why ever time we say 1024 bytes and we need to say it as it is if we need to represent the amount of data been transferred or stored.
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Posted on: April 09, 2007, 10:10:05 PM
Posted by: jaskermace
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Actually you are backwards1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte1024 kb = 1 megabyte1024 mb = 1 gigabyte1024 gb = 1 terabyte
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Posted on: April 09, 2007, 07:10:07 AM
Posted by: Charles W
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Not quite....1000 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte or 1K1000 K = 1 Megabyte or 1,000,000 bytes1000 MB = 1 Gigabyte or 1,000,000,000 bytesIt's true that 1024 is a significant number though. It's 2^10th. Frankly, you can use either measure and when talking about thinks like computer memory and such and you'll be safe. Here's more info that you ever want to read about the subject...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte
en.wikipedia.org
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Posted on: April 09, 2007, 05:10:05 AM
Posted by: davidis99
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Dave B. has it right. Just to add to that:1024TB=1 Petabyte.
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Posted on: April 08, 2007, 10:10:08 PM
Posted by: Dave B
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1024 bytes = 1 kilo byte1024 kb = 1 mega byte1024 mb = 1 giga byte1024 gb = 1 tera byte (IIRC)
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Posted on: April 08, 2007, 02:10:49 PM
Posted by: Trex
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1024 bytes = 1 kb1024 kb = 1mb1024mb=1gb etc...
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Posted on: April 08, 2007, 12:10:05 PM
Posted by: joey
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yup the guy who told u this thing is absolutely right.
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Posted on: April 07, 2007, 05:10:05 PM
Posted by: M.Vinoth Kumar
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yes it is. all raises in the power of 2.2^10=1024=1kilobyte.
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Posted on: April 07, 2007, 10:10:12 AM
Posted by: IO
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Very good question
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Posted on: April 07, 2007, 02:10:02 AM
Posted by: flyboy711672005
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...kilobyte and 1,024 kb in 1g and so on? I heard this from a tech forum but i'm not totally sure.
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