COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
MEMORY SYSTEMS
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2024
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1024
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1000
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Detailed explanation-1: -1 kilobyte (KB) is equal to 1024 bytes. This is based on the definition of the kilobyte, which is equal to 1024 bytes. The prefix “kilo-” means 1, 000, but in the case of the kilobyte, it is used to denote 1024 (2^10) bytes. This is because the kilobyte is based on the binary system, which uses base-2 units.
Detailed explanation-2: -Remember: Computers can only work with binary code. However computers do like the number 1024 because its binary code is 10000000000. That’s why there are 1024 Bytes in a KB, 1024 KB in a MB and so on…
Detailed explanation-3: -A kilobyte (KB) is 1, 024 bytes, not one thousand bytes as might be expected, because computers use binary (base two) math, instead of a decimal (base ten) system. Computer storage and memory is often measured in megabytes (MB) and gigabytes (GB).