A megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes. Explain why it is not 1,000,000.

What will be an ideal response?


Every byte must have an address; one million addresses requires 20 bits, but 220 totals 1,048,576, so extra bytes are included to match the number of addresses

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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