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The prefix " giga " means 1 billion, so a gigabyte is 1 billion bytes

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How many KB equal to 1.5 GB?

Because the prefix Giga is equal to 1,000,000,000; 1.5 Gb are equal to 1,500,000,000 bites, the prefix kilo means 1,000; then 1,500,000,000/1,000=1,500,000; so 1.5 Gb are equal to 1,500,000 kb


If mega means one million which prefix means a billion?

Giga (as in, a gigabyte).


What is the exact value of 1 giga?

"Giga" is a prefix used with different units. It means a billion (a thousand million). That's the exact value used in physics. If it refers to computer data (as in "GB" - gigabytes), it may mean 10243 instead, which is about 7% more than a billion.


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One zettabyte is equal to 1099511627776 gigabytes.


How many gigabytes is 626.42?

Did you mean: "How much is 626.42 MB in a GB?" If you did mean this the answer is 0.62 GB,


What is the exact value of 1 gigabyte (in decimal)?

The prefix giga means 10^9 in the International System of Units (SI), therefore, one Gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes (one with nine zeroes). 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes.


How much is 1.90 GB?

I assume by gb, you would mean GB (Gb=gigabit, GB = gigabyte, gb = nothing.)In Megabytes: 1 945.6, In Kilobytes: 1 992 294.4,In Bytes: 2 040 109 470,You could store 389 5MB song files using 1.9GB._________________________________________If by gb, you mean gigabit.In Gigabytes: 0.2375,In Megabytes: 243.2, In Kilobytes: 249 036.8,In Bytes: 255 013 683,You could store 48 5MB song files using 1.9Gb._________________________________________There are 1024 bytes is a KB, 1024 KB in a MB, 1024 MB in a GB. There are 8 bits in a byte, and there are 1024 bits is a Kb and so on. Therefore, there are 8 Kb in a KB, 8 Gb in a GB.


The root word for giga?

Actually it is a prefix, as in: giga- The meaning is billion. For instance, there are 1,000,000,000 bytes in one gigabyte.


What does 4 GB mean?

four gigabytes


Which the largest kilobyte gigabyte megabyte or terabyte?

From largest to smallest: Terabyte, gigabyte, megabyte, kilobyte. Looking at the prefix of the word will give you the answer. "Kilo" means 1000. "Mega" means one million. "Giga" means one billion. This prefix system is commonly used in the metric system as well, so feel free to read more about it.


What is One billion bytes of data is called?

That is approximately a Gigabyte. The prefix Giga normally means a billion, but in computer science, and specifically for data storage, it is often taken to be 10243. The difference is about 7%.


What you mean by GB?

how it is and comparing it