Bytes

What is a byte in computers?

A byte is the common unit of computer storage. A byte is made up of 8 bits, 00000000 to 11111111, which translates to 0 to 255.

One byte is used to hold a letter (such as A), a number (such as 3), and characters (such as $). Storage devices such as hard disks use bytes to represent the space available for storage such as 500 GigaBytes (abbreviated as GB).

Converting Bytes to Kilobytes in Computer Storage

Usually, we convert kilobytes to bytes by multiplying the kilobytes by 1000.
1000 bytes = 1 kilobytes

However, the correct figure is 1024 (2¹⁰). That is;
1024 bytes = 1 kilobytes

Same for megabytes and gigabytes
Since, 1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte
And, 1024 kilobytes = 1 megabyte, then

1024 x 1024 bytes = 1 megabyte, which can be written as,
1024² = 1 megabyte.

As stated above, bytes are storage-related; however, the term takes a different case when referring to hard disk storage and RAM storage. In hard disks, bytes refer to the space available to store files. On the other hand, in RAM, bytes refer to the memory space given to the CPU during operations.