Why are there 1024 mb in a gigabyte?

The SI unit prefix GIGA means x1000. Computers use binary, so the closest binary whole binary number to that is 1024. Long ago, it was decided to use 1024, because it was easy computationally.

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2024-01-12 17:30:33

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How many mb is a 1 hour song?
In terms of data usage, 320 Kbps translates to approximately 2.40MB per minute of audio or 144MB per hour. So, streaming music for an entire 8-hour workday would chew through over 1GB of data.
2024-02-18 07:29:23

Are there 1000 or 1024 mb in a gb?
This definition is synonymous with the unambiguous binary unit mebibyte. In this convention, one thousand and twenty-four megabytes (1024 MB) is equal to one gigabyte (1 GB), where 1 GB is 10243 bytes (i.e., 1 GiB).
2024-02-18 01:02:27

How many mb is a 3ds game?
Blocks on the 3DS are each 128KB in size. This translates to 8 blocks per Megabyte, or 8192 per Gigabyte.
2024-01-06 14:46:03

Is 500 mb a big file?
The amount of data in a megabyte is roughly the same as a low resolution photo, or one minute of "high quality" music streaming. With 500MB, you could listen to just under 7 hours of "high quality" music. If you're streaming video, get ready for much larger files.
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