COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
MEMORY SYSTEMS
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Question
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1 Gb
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1000 Gb
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1 Kb
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1 Tb
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Detailed explanation-1: -One gigabyte is equal to 1, 024 megabytes (MB) in a computer operating system, while one megabyte is equal to 1, 024 kilobytes (KB). In addition, one gigabyte contains 1, 073, 741, 824 bytes of data. On the other hand, one megabyte is made up of 1, 048, 576 bytes of data.
Detailed explanation-2: -Is a TB bigger than a GB? A terabyte is bigger than a gigabyte. A terabyte is equal to 1, 024 gigabytes (GB), which itself is equal to 1, 024 megabytes (MB), while a megabyte is equivalent to 1, 024 kilobytes.
Detailed explanation-3: -This makes it convenient to use powers of 2 to express sizes and memory addresses. 1024 is 210, the power of 2 which is closest to 1000. So computer engineers used the term gigabyte to denote 1024 megabytes (as well as megabyte for 1024 kilobytes and kilobyte for 1024 bytes), because it was more convenient.