Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

One gigabyte is approximately equal to

  1. 1,000,000

  2. 1,000,000,000

  3. 1,000,000,000,000

  4. None of the above

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B Correct answer
Explanation

One gigabyte (GB) equals approximately 1 billion bytes. In decimal notation used by storage manufacturers, 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes, though in binary computing it's 2^30 = 1,073,741,824 bytes.