In computer's language what is a Byte, and one Kilo-byte is equal to how many bytes?
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A bit is the smallest amount of memory you can get on a computer - a 0 or a 1.\n\nA byte is a chunk of these, usually 8 bits. This means you have 2^8, or 256 possible values. This is roughly what you need to store a single character (a letter, a digit or a punctuation mark).\n\nA kilobyte is 1024 bytes. Small files such as pictures or simple text documents are usually measured in kilobytes.\n\nA megabyte is 1024 kilobytes. Larger files, like movies and songs are usually measured in megabytes.\n\nA gigabyte is 1024 megabytes. Hard drives are usually measured in gigabytes.\n\nThere are larger data unit sizes, like terabytes, but they aren't used very much in home computers yet.
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A byte is 8 bits in size, each bit being a zero or one (binary).
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in case you wonder bout any others here are some\n\n1,000 bytes in a kilobyte\n1,000,000 bytes in a megabyte\n1,000,000,000 bytes in a giga byte\nbut tecniclyy speaking there are EXACTLY\n1,024 bytes in a kilobyte\n1,048,576 bytes in a megabyte\n1,073,721,824 bytes in a gigabyte\n\nbut thats being exact
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A gigabyte is roughly 1 billion bytes.  A byte is roughly equivalent to one letter.  (2 bytes are used for more complex character sets like chinese).\n\nIf you think of a computer as a desk, the memory is the size of the desktop.  The number of things that you can work on is limited by the size of that desk.  The hard drive is like the drawers.  That's where you store information that you are not currently working with.\n\nMemory takes the form of microchips in your computer.  THey are very fast but don't hold very much and require power to work.  A hard drive is very much like a cassette tape.  You need power to record and play but the information stays on the drive when the machine is turned off.  Hard drives are much slower than memory chips, but also much cheaper per gigabyte, which is why computers have both.
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Each character takes exactly 8 bits to be stored in, that's 1 byte (B). so 1 MB = 1024KB and 1 KB = 1024B so 1 MB has 1024 x 1024 = 1,048,576 bytes, that's 1,048,576 characters, that includes letters, spaces, symbols...etc
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bahamadude is correct there are 1024 kilobytes in a megabyte.\nKilobyte is bad since it has a double meaning, kilobyte can mean 1000 or 1024 , but when refering to memory everyone should assume 1024 since memory is ussualy in power of 2's in otherwards 32768 kilobyes = 32 MB (or MiB)of ram.\n\nread this artical at wiki\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix\n\nTo expand \n1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes.\n1 megabyte = 1024 kilobytes\n1 gigabyte = 1024 megabytes
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a gigabyte, or GB is 2000KB\ngiga = million, kilo = thousand (kg=kilobyte)
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KB = 1,000 bytes\n\nMB = 1,000,000 bytes\n\nGB = 1000,000,000 bytes\n\ndivide by a Million
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1GB=1,000,000,000 (a billion bytes)\n\n1MB = 1,000,000 (a million bytes)\n\n0.4 GB = 0,400,000,000 bytes\n\nTherefore, 0.4GB ==> 400 MB
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100 KB === 0.1 MB\nKB == Kilobyte (1000 bytes)- 1 thousand bytes\nMB == Megabyte (1000000 bytes) 1 million bytes\nGB == Gibabyte (1000000000 bytes) 1 billion bytes\nTB == Tetrabyte (1000 Gb)
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data types are usually specified in sizes of bytes:\nint = 4 bytes\nshort = 2 bytes\ndouble = 8 bytes, etc.  a byte data type has a size of 1 byte
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no it's wrong, \n\n1024 bit = 1 Kibibit (Kib), not 1 kilobit (Kb)\n1024 byte = 1 KibiByte (KiB), not 1 KiloByte (KB)\n\nThere is a new standard that the SI prefixes of Kilo, Mega, etc is returned to 1000 even for bit and byte counting, while a new prefixes, which is kibi, Mebi, Gibi, , etc is assigned for 1024 prefixes. These new prefixes is to avoid confusion that is happening between harddisk manufacturer that obey SI values (1000) and other hardware and software manufacturer that want to ease themself by using 1024, which is relatively easier to count for a PC than 1000. \n\nNote: Harddisk manufacturer originally sells harddisk in the usual SI values since that is for marketing purposes since if for example a 10GB harddisk, is actually 9,7 GiB. If they uses the 1024 values, their harddisk capacity would seems to be smaller.
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A bit (binary digit) refers to a digit in the binary numeral system, which consists of base 2 digits (ie. There are only 2 possible values: 0 or 1).\n\nMB means Megabit\nGB means Gigabit\nKB means Kilobit\n\n\n\n1 kilobit = 1,000 bit. \n1 megabit = 1,000,000 bits \n1 gigabit = 1,000,000,000 bits\n\n\nU cont measure size in minutes. If u want to burn first measue size(right click on file & select properties . Check size) . U cont burn more than 700mb into a cd. dvd limit is 4.7gb.
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No - just read on to know why!\nJust For Reference - A Few Bits \n1 bit is a 1 or a 0 \n1 K is 1000 bits \n1 Megabyte is 100 K's or 1,000,000 bits \n5" Floppy held 1.2 mb or 1,200,000 bits \n3.5" Floppy holds 1.4 mb or 1,400,000 bits \n1 Gigabit is 1000 MB's or 1,000,000,000 bits \nThe average Hard Drive in a PC holds 20 GB's or 20 billion bits \n\n1 Terabit is 1000 GB's or 1000 billion bits or 1,000,000,000,000 \n\n1 Petabite is 1000 Terabits or 1,000,000 billion bits or 1,000,000,000,000,000 \nLet's look at it from a materialistic world. \nA 3.5" floppy is 3.5" square and 1/10" thick...no surprise there. \n\nNow take enough Floppies to get 1 Petabite of data storage and you have a pile of floppies 1,127,344,877.345 MILES high. \n\n1 PETABITE = 1,000,000,000,000,000 bits \ndivide 1 Petabite by 633,600 ( amount of Floppies to a mile ) \nand you get 1 Petabite = 1,127,344,877 MILES of Floppies or 4 orbits of Earth around the Sun or 3.9891...to be precise! \n\nI won't even do a calculation for letter paper and ink! \nNow if you think that much data cannot be, you are wrong. \n\nData Bases such as Goggle have 2 Petabites of data storage and need more. \nTherefore one petabite cannot hold the entire internet
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LB (or lb) is the abbreviation for the word pound.  It is the same unit of measurement.  1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pound
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Popular use and          |    Binary prefix standards\n \n(SI standard meaning)    |   from IEC 60027-2\n\n\nName    Symbol Quantity       | Name Symbol Quantity \nkilobyte  kB     2^10 (10^3)  | kibibyte KiB 2^10 \nmegabyte  MB     2^20 (10^6)  | mebibyte MiB 2^20 \ngigabyte  GB     2^30 (10^9)  | gibibyte GiB 2^30 \nterabyte  TB     2^40 (10^12) | tebibyte TiB 2^40 \npetabyte  PB     2^50 (10^15) | pebibyte PiB 2^50 \nexabyte   EB     2^60 (10^18) | exbibyte EiB 2^60 \nzettabyte ZB     2^70 (10^21) | zebibyte ZiB 2^70 \nyottabyte YB     2^80 (10^24) | yobibyte YiB 2^80
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1 bit (b)\n\n1 byte (B) = 8 bits\n\n1 Kilobyte (K / KB) = 2^10 bytes = 1,024 bytes \n\n1 Megabyte (M / MB) = 2^20 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes \n\n1 Gigabyte (G / GB) = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes \n\n1 Terabyte (T / TB) = 2^40 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes\n\n1 Petabyte (P / PB) = 2^50 bytes = 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes\n\n1 Exabyte (E / EB) = 2^60 bytes = 1,152,921,504,606.846,976 bytes\n\n1 Zettabyte (Z / ZB) = 2^70 bytes = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 bytes\n\n1 Yottabyte (Y / YB) = 2^80 bytes = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes