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In computers 1 gb is equal to 1024 mb so you need 5*1024mb=5120mb to make 5 gb Extra info But when a hard disk manufacturer claims that a product has 500 gb means that has 500*1000^3=500,000,000,000 bytes not 500*1024^3= 536870912000 bytes. So dividing 500,000,000,000 by 1024^3 the result is 488281250 kb or 476837,2 mb or 465,6 gb because: 1 tera (t) ->1000 giga (g) ->1024 giga (g) in computers 1 giga (g) ->1000 mega (m)->1024 mega (m) in computers 1 mega (m) ->1000 kilo (k)->1024 kilo (k) in computers 1 kilo (k) ->1000 ->1024 in computers In computers 1 gb is equal to 1024 mb so you need 5*1024mb=5120mb to make 5 gb Extra info But when a hard disk manufacturer claims that a product has 500 gb means that has 500*1000^3=500,000,000,000 bytes not 500*1024^3= 536870912000 bytes. So dividing 500,000,000,000 by 1024^3 the result is 488281250 kb or 476837,2 mb or 465,6 gb because: 1 tera (t) ->1000 giga (g) ->1024 giga (g) in computers 1 giga (g) ->1000 mega (m)->1024 mega (m) in computers 1 mega (m) ->1000 kilo (k)->1024 kilo (k) in computers 1 kilo (k) ->1000 ->1024 in computers

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How many gigabytes is there in one terabyte?

1000 or 1024 When referring to ACTUAL SPACE on a storage device or in memory, each "unit" is 1024 of the previous unit. 1024 bytes = kilobyte 1024 kilobytes = megabyte 1024 megabytes = gigabyte 1024 gigabytes = terabyte etc. When selling storage devices (such as CDs or USB drives), the packaging will use a 1000 rule (same as above, but with 1000 instead of 1024), thus giving the appearance of having slightly more capacity. This is considered acceptable because in standard english, the prefixes kilo-, mega-, giga-, use the "1000 rule." Computers use 1024 because it is the perfect power of 2 closest to 1000. Using a power of 2 is important because computers are binary (base 2) systems. To help make this difference less ambiguous, a new set of prefixes was proposed to represent powers of 1024 (rather than 1000). They are kibi-, mebi-, gibi-, tebi-, etc.


How big is a millibyte?

That would be 1/1000 of a byte, but it doesn't really make sense. The smallest unit of information is that is of any practical use is the bit, which distinguishes one of two states, for example, "0" or "1". The byte is usually understood to be 8 bits. 1/1000 of a byte, that is, 1/125 of a bit, doesn't make much sense.


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What does meets per second per second per second mean?

"Per second per second" sounds like a speech problem, but in Physics, velocity (or speed) is distance per second. If the velocity (speed) increases, then the acceleration is in units of distance per second (or velocity) per second.An example might make this more clear--If we jumped off a roof, gravity would make us accelerate. Your velocity at the end of the first second is 10 meters per second. Your velocity at the end of the next second is 20 meters per second, the end of the third would be 30, etc.So each second we fall the velocity increases (accelerates) by ....drum roll....10 meters per second per second. Which is the acceleration due to gravity ON THE EARTH. (actually 9.8 m/s/s or 9.8 m/s2, but close enough).


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