– 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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In base 10 like most people use, 1000 is a nice even number. But 1024 is nice and even in base 2 (binary that computers use). In binary it’s 10000000000.

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