How big is 5 mega bites?

Answer 1

There is no such thing as a "mega bite" However.... There are 8 bits in a byte. Mega means 1000. "Megabit" means 1000 bits. "Megabyte" means 1000 bytes. Since there are 8 bits in a byte, there are 125 bytes that make up 1000 bits (1000 bits divided by 8 bytes per bit = 125) A megabyte = 1000 bytes. Therefore there would be 8,000 bits in a megabyte. (8 bits per byte).

Answer 2

based on 1000 KB = 1 MB and so on based on 1024 KB = 1 MB and so on

4 Nibbles = 1 Bit 4 Nibbles = 1 Bit

8 Bits = 1 Byte 8 Bits = 1 Byte

1,000 Bytes = 1 KB 1024 Bytes = 1 KB

1,000 KB = 1 MB 1024 KB = 1 MB

1,000 MB = 1 GB 1024 MB = 1 GB

1,000 GB = 1 TB 1024 GB = 1 TB

~and the list goes on~

Don't confuse bits with bytes, ex. 8 Kilobits (Kb) = 1 Kilobyte (KB)

so on with Megabits (Mb) Gigabits (Gb) ...

Answer:

1,000,000 Bytes based on 1000 KB = 1 MB and so on

1,048,576 Bytes based on 1024 KB = 1 MB & 1024 MB = 1 GB, and so on

most people will use 1 MB being 1000 KB, but the reason for 1 MB = 1024 KB was/is for the way computer memory is stored. that's why you see flash drives that are usually

256 MB, 512 MB, 1024 MB (1 GB), 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, and rarely 32 GB.

that's where it starts, because you keep with the pattern shown:

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 ...

I hope this wasn't too confusing for you, but maybe this will answer future questions & provide a better understanding if you can keep up.

P.S. for future conversions, If you'd like to convert based on 1000 KB = 1 MB, then all you have to do is move the decimal, and if you'd like to convert based on 1024KB = 1 MB, then Google calculator will provide you with the correct answer. You can use google calculator by typing into their searchbar something along the lines of:

KB in MB, but you have to remember to keep the letters capital, otherwise it will confuse it with Kilobits/Gigabits.

Oh, and remember, almost all ISP's (internet Service Providers such as Charter & Qwest) us Megabits per second, not Megabytes per second, so to find out how many Megabytes per second they are advertising, just divide it by 8.

Answer 3

Okay basically here it is broken down, Byte is 1, all forms of memory are formed around a Byte, Kilobyte = 1000 Bytes

Megabyte = 1000 Kilobytes

Gigabyte = 1000 Megabytes = 1,000,000 Kilobytes

Therefore a Gigabyte is much larger than a Megabyte, there is 1 thousand Megabytes in a Gigabyte.

Byte = B

kB = Kilobyte

MB = Megabyte

GB = Gigabyte

Answer 4

A byte is the basic unit for measuring the amount of stored data on a computer.

A meagabyte is 1,024 bytes, though this is often rounded to 1,000 bytes for simplicity.

Answer 5

a giga bite is bigger because there is 1024 megabites in 1 giga bite.=)

Answer 6

One megabytes is 1,048,576 byes, or 1024 kilobytes. Therefore, 5 megabytes is 5120 kilobytes, or 5,242,880 bytes.

Answer 7

A megabyte; it is 1024 kilobytes.