SOLUTION: In the 1980's a micro-computer held a memory of 64 kilobytes, today's computer may have 8 gigabytes of memory. Is the memory of today's computer ten, hundreds, or thousands of time

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Question 1036174: In the 1980's a micro-computer held a memory of 64 kilobytes, today's computer may have 8 gigabytes of memory. Is the memory of today's computer ten, hundreds, or thousands of times as large as the old computers memory?
Answer by Aldorozos(172) About Me  (Show Source):
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Kilo means 1000 while giga means 1000000000
We divide 8000000000/64000= 1250000
Which is the same as 1.25 millions