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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:13 am    Post subject: how many MB equals 1GB? Reply with quote
I'm kinda new to this hosting thing and I need to know how many MB's equals 1GB?
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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 8:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
1000

Think of the prefixes for metres and tonnes - the beauty of metrication!!!

tera = 1 000 000 000 000 = 1000 x giga = 1 000 000 x Mega
giga = 1 000 000 000 = 1000 x Mega
Mega = 1 000 000 = 1000 x kilo
kilo = 1000
...... 1
milli = 1/1000
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
actually, 1024 meg = 1 gig...
but it was made 1000 coz hardware factories cut the extra 24 to make work easier... well it was more or less a story like that...
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Once upon a time, you could tell if there were using the 1024 or 1000 based on the case of the letters. UPPER meant 1024, lower meant 1000. But not it doesn't matter much anymore.

Generally, anything in print usually refers to 1000, and anything on the computer refers to 1024.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 3:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I always known it to be 1000 MB's = 1 GB
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I love these threads... reminds me of the good old days messing about with computers. Wink

It certainly used to be 1024. As with most computer related matters, it's a binary thing...

1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
512
1024

...bingo - we can stop there.

Bits, bytes ("good", bad or ugly), yes/no, true/false, on/off, 1/0 (or is it 0/1)?

Anyone remember the delights of binary coded decimal? If you do, keep it to yourself. Wink

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Charlie.

P.S. Did you know that once upon a time there were two definitions of billion? When I was a lad, people over here still talked of a billion as a million million as opposed to a thousand million.

Back in those days, I did mix with quite a few ignorant peasants (it's a family tradition), but I'm pretty sure there was a British billion as opposed to an American one.

Most of the other imperial (that's non-metric rather than empire-related) differences aren't quite so severe, thankfully. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:46 pm    Post subject: Re: how many MB equals 1GB? Reply with quote
Tommy wrote:
I'm kinda new to this hosting thing and I need to know how many MB's equals 1GB?
Thanks
Tom


gigabit = 1,000
gigabyte = 1,024

same thing for megabyte and bit tera bit and byte and so on Wink

thats why if you look at your hard drive you wont get exactually a round amount Wink
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PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It would be more helpful to put it in easy to understand terms.

Say an average page is XX mb. And if XX pages load then you'll need this much space.

I'm too tired to do the math! Smile

Numbers don't mean as much as saying how many pages can be shown in a given amount of space.
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PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2007 2:49 pm    Post subject: Re: how many MB equals 1GB? Reply with quote
brindyman wrote:

gigabit = 1,000
gigabyte = 1,024


That's complete nonsense. 1000 or 1024 what? The unit is missing.

1 Byte = 8 bit
So 1 Gigabyte = 8 Gigabit

So if a Gigabyte is 1024 Megabyte, then a Gigabit is how many Megabyte? 1024/8 = 128 MB!

But the units are used differently. Sometimes it is calculated with 1000 and sometimes with 1024. Hence there is confusion. See more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:21 am    Post subject: 1 GB Reply with quote
Tom,
Bet you did not expect so many answers...all of them different...all of them RIGHT! Nice job.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just use the 1000 increment for each. Makes it easier to figure out. Post about gigabyte and gigabit is really correct.
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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
1000 mb = 1gb - Also, for all of you who read this post, i suggest going with hostgator.com if you're just starting out with web hosting.
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