Computer memory is sized powers of $2$ such as $ 2^10$ bytes (1KB or 1 Kilobyte)

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Computer memory is sized powers of $2$ such as $ 2^10$ bytes (1KB or 1 Kilobyte), $ 2^20$ (1MB or 1 Megabyte), $ 2^30$ (1GB or 1 Gigabyte), and $ 2^40 $ (1TB or 1Terabyte). In contrast, storage vendors (Hard Disks, Solid State drives, Tapes and the like) use powers of $10$ in referring to storage sizes. That is, they use Kilo, Mega, Giga, and Tera to stand for the familiar measures thousand, million, billion, and trillion respectively. Complete the following table to get a feeling for these sizes relative to each other.

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Memory Size Storage size storage/memory 1kb 1000 1024 1.024 1MB 10^6 2^20 1.048 1GB 10^9 2^30 1.073 1TB 10^12 2^40 1.099

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