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Gigabyte: A Gigabyte is approximately 1,000 Megabytes. A Gigabyte is still a very common term used these days when referring to disk space or drive storage. 1 Gigabyte of data is almost twice the amount of data that a CD-ROM can hold. But it's about one thousand times the capacity of a 3-1/2 floppy disk. 1 Gigabyte could hold the contents of about 10 yards of books on a shelf. 100 Gigabytes could hold the entire library floor of academic journals.
Computers & Internet / How Many Megabytes in a Gigabyte. Aug 31, 2011 Computer data are measured with the help of the binary number system, which is counted by twos (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc). But the prefixes denoting the multiples are borrowed from the metric system (kilo, mega, etc). Thus 1024 bytes are called a kilobyte, like 1000 grams are known as a kilogram. No wonder, this has caused a lot of embarrassment. Bits and Bytes. Basic units of information, which are used for computer data storage, are called bits1 (contraction from the phrase âbinary digitâ).