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1024, not 1000. Computers know 10 best, not base 10.
Other common abbreviations include:<br />
Other common abbreviations include:<br />
kB = kilobyte = 1000 bytes<br />
kB = kilobyte = 1024 bytes<br />
GB = gigabyte = 1 billion bytes (although this is an approximation) <ref>http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci212194,00.html</ref><br />
GB = gigabyte = 1 billion bytes (although this is an approximation) <ref>http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci212194,00.html</ref><br />
TB = terabyte = 1000 billion bytes (or 1000GB)<br />
TB = terabyte = 1024 billion bytes (or 1024 GB)<br />
PB = petabyte = 1000TB<br />
PB = petabyte = 1024 TB<br />
EB = exabyte = one billion gigabytes<br />
EB = exabyte = one billion gigabytes<br />
Half a byte is referred to as a nybble<ref>http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/2006/04/P15/</ref><br />
Half a byte is referred to as a nibble<ref>http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/2006/04/P15/</ref><br />
==References==
==References==
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