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Drew
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10000 mb = ????????? 10gb?

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probably
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yes
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Yes.

[Edited on 05-12-2004 by James_DT]
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quote:
Originally posted by James_DT
Yes.

[Edited on 05-12-2004 by James_DT]


Did you spell 'yes' wrong?
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No.
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Sam
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1024 megabytes = 1 gigabyte

So 10,000 megabytes = 9.77 gigabytes.
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Originally posted by James_DT
No.









make ur mind up, u 1st said yes, now this is just confusing

cheers thought it was,m but didnt wanna do a silly childish skool boy error
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
1024 megabytes = 1 gigabyte

So 10,000 megabytes = 9.77 gigabytes.


Nope. 1024 megabytes would be 1GiB.
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GiB?
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Mega and Giga technically stand for 1000 and 1000000. Computer programmers hav just decided they would use 1024. There are new units now to clarify things. It's called a binary gigabyte i think.
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Oh I see...
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quote:
Originally posted by x8john
Mega and Giga technically stand for 1000 and 1000000. Computer programmers hav just decided they would use 1024. There are new units now to clarify things. It's called a binary gigabyte i think.

They didn't "just decide". It's because 1024 is in BASE-2 and not BASE-10.
However, GB is still just as correct as GiB.
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i only asked a simple question
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Programmers didn't decide to use a funny number, lazy people and hard drive manufacturers chose to use 1000 as its not only easier, but when you're selling things it sounds like you're getting more.

The reason for the numbers being is that its actually 2^10, 2^20, 2^30 etc.
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quote:
Originally posted by Drew
i only asked a simple question
Approximately yes.

 
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