How many bytes are there in a GB, MB?
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Byte is a unit of digital capacity big enough to store a single character of text. Bytes, abbreviated to ‘B’ are sometimes confused with bits: ‘b’. 1 byte is made up of 8 bits, the basic binary units of information.
Nowadays, it is no longer convenient to state the capacity of digital devices in bytes due to their large data storage size. Therefore, the multiples of bytes are commonly used.
There is some confusion about the actual value of the multiples of a byte, such as megabytes or gigabytes. There are two possible interpretations of the prefixes. According to the metric (SI) format:
| Kilobyte | 1000 B |
| Megabyte | 10002 B |
| Gigabyte | 10003 B |
| Terabyte | 10004 B |
However, JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council), defines three of the multiples of a byte as:
| Kilobyte | 1024 B |
| Megabyte | 10242 B |
| Gigabyte | 10243 B |
This is the most common understanding of the above prefixes used in information technology and computing based on binary system.
To clear up the confusion around prefixes, IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) proposed the new standard of naming the binary multiples:
| Kibibyte | 1024 B |
| Mebibyte | 10242 B |
| Gibibyte | 10243 B |
| Tebibyte | 10244 B |
Did you know?
Eight bits used to be called an octade.
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Technically Scotland doesn't count because they abolished the use of counties, hence why Inverness shire is not on the list. |
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