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Byte, Kilobyte, Megabytes, Gigabyte ; Why multiples of 1024 instead of 1000

spiralOct 25 2012 — edited Oct 25 2012
Not a 100% DB question.
At OS level, 
8    bits       = 1 Byte
1024 Bytes 	= 1 kilobyte
1024 kilobyte 	= 1 Megabyte
1024 megabyte 	= 1 Gigabyte
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People who initially came up with this storage math ; why didn't they use multiples of 1000 instead of 1024 in these calculations? Where does this 24 come from ?
This post has been answered by Srini Chavali-Oracle on Oct 25 2012
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