How much is 1 MB of memory equal to?

1 MB (megabyte) of memory is equal to 1,024 kilobytes (KB), or 1,048,576 bytes.

Here’s the breakdown:

• 1 byte = 8 bits
• 1 kilobyte (KB) = 1,024 bytes
• 1 megabyte (MB) = 1,024 kilobytes (KB)

So:

• 1 MB = 1,024 KB = 1,048,576 bytes

Conversion Summary:

• 1 MB = 1,024 KB
• 1 MB = 1,048,576 bytes

In terms of storage, 1 MB can hold:

• About 1 million characters if using a standard text encoding (like ASCII).
• Roughly 500-600 high-quality photos (depending on the file size of each image).
• Around 10-20 seconds of uncompressed audio (at typical CD quality, 44.1kHz, 16-bit stereo).

Contextual Use:

• RAM (Random Access Memory) and storage devices like hard drives, SSDs, and flash drives measure their capacity in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).

However, note that in some cases, 1 MB can also be considered as 1,000 KB in a decimal system (commonly used for hard drives and storage devices), but the binary definition (1,024 KB) is more commonly used in computer memory.