How to convert MB to GB
How to convert MB to GB
Byte is the basic, although not the minimum, unitmeasuring information in the Internet. For the convenience of recording, large volumes are recorded in thousands of bytes (kilobytes, KB), thousands of kilobytes (megabytes, MB) and then ascending, to terabytes and higher. However, in the record, you should stick to the not-so-common decimal system, but binary.
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Although gigabytes are translated as "one thousand megabytes", the number of smaller units is only approximately equal to a thousand. In fact, this number is 2 MB in the tenth power, that is 1024 MB.
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By a similar principle, smallerunits: in kilobytes 1024 bytes, in megabytes 1024 kilobytes, etc. Beginners in computer science often do not take this moment into account and round up all the information units in a smaller direction.
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To convert megabytes to gigabytes, separatethe number of MBs per 1024, for example: 2050 MB: 1024 = 2 GB. The balance is rounded off and, as a rule, does not enter into the calculations. In rare cases, it is written comma after the main number, as a decimal fraction.
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However, for commercial purposes it is sometimes useddecimal system. Its advantage is that the final number becomes bigger and more attractive for the buyer. For example, do not be surprised if the purchased flash card instead of the promised eight gigabytes will be only 7.5. In this system the number of megabytes is strictly equal to one thousand, which means that in reality it is less than the declared one.
