Difference between kilobyte, megabyte and gigabyte

The difference between a kilobyte, which is KB, a megabyte which is MB, a gigabyte which is GB and a terabyte which is TB is size and nothing more.

 World bytes table:
– 1 Bit = Binary Digit;
– 8 Bits = 1 Byte;
– 1000 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte;
– 1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte;
– 1000 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte;
– 1000 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte;
– 1000 Terabytes = 1 Petabyte;
– 1000 Petabytes = 1 Exabyte;
– 1000 Exabytes = 1 Zettabyte;
– 1000 Zettabyte = 1 Yottabyte;
– 1000 Yottabyte = 1 Brontobyte.
Basically, 1024 MB equals to 1 GB and 1 MB equals to 1024 KB. It means 1024 * 1024 equals to 1 GB. As the latest there is also available 1 TB which has the 1024 GB capacity.

 See useful video about difference between a KB, MB, and GB:

Once upon a time, you could tell if there were using the 1024 or 1000 based on the case of the letters. Generally, anything in print usually refers to 1000, and anything on the computer refers to 1024.

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