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

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

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Technically a Gigabyte is equal to 1000 megabytes.

The correct terminology is 1 Gibibyte which holds 1024 mebibytes.

But the non IT World does not use the “correct” form.

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