– why are there 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte? Why didn’t they make it an even 1000?

Question

– why are there 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte? Why didn’t they make it an even 1000?

In: Technology

Answer 1

2^10 = 1024 (1KB)

2^20 = 1048576 (1MB = 1024KB)

2^30 = 1073741824 (1GB = 1024MB)

etc.

It’s all base2