COMPUTER HARDWARE
COMPUTER MEMORY
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1024
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100
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1000
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999
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term ‘kilobyte’ has traditionally been used to refer to 1024 bytes (210 B). The usage of the metric prefix kilo for binary multiples arose as a convenience, because 1024 is approximately 1000. The binary interpretation of metric prefixes is still prominently used by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Detailed explanation-2: -KB does and has always meant 1024 bytes.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Originally, a byte was considered a collection of 8 bits, the smallest number of bits that were able to express a number, letter or character within binary. A kilobyte is approximately 1, 000 bytes (specifically, 2 to the 10th power or, in decimal form, 1, 024 bytes).