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In the world of computers, it's an open question ...
Hard Drive manufacturers typically designate 1 GB to simply equal 1,000,000,000 bytes
RAM memory manufacturers typically designate 1 GB to equal 1,073,741,824 bytes
Programs often utilize both definitions above depending on the application, as well some others, such as 1 GB = 1,024,000,000 (1024 x 1,000,000 instead of 1,048,576) or the converse 1048576000(1000 x 1,048,576).
So to recap, in the world of computers a billion can be, though not necessarily limited to, any of the following:
1,000,000,000
1,073,741,824
1,024,000,000
1,048,576,000
Ron
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