IBM PC 300PL manual Bytes, and2 073 824, Expressing storage Capacity Equals

When

numerical

modifiers

such as

K,

M,

and

G

are

used,

they typically indicate

powers

of

10.

For

example, 1

KB equals

10

1bytesMB

equals(2

1 048 576

20

GB

equals

1 024),

bytes), and(2 1

1 073 741

824

30

bytes). (2

When

expressing storage

capacity,

MB

equals

1

000

KB

(1 024 000). The

value

is

determined

the

number of sectors and assuming that every

two

sectors equals

1 KB.

Note:

Depending

on

the operating

system

and

other

system

requirements,

the

storage

capa

to

the

user

might

vary.

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