What is the difference between GO and GB?

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MarceloFilippo - 25 May 2020 at 05:13

Hello,
I would like to know the difference between GO and GB, please
is it a memory calculation unit or not??
thank you in advanceConfiguration: Windows XP
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Christounet Posted messages 1272 Registration date Status Member Last intervention 1 393

Hello,

There is no difference between Go and GB, one stands for Gigaoctet (in French) and the other for Gigabyte (in English)

You will find more information on the forum by following the link below

https://www.commentcamarche.net/informatique/technologies/24919-code-binaire-principe-codage-regles-symboles/

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1. Meoran Posted messages 1566 Registration date Status Member Last intervention 208
  
  A not to be confused with Gb.
  
  GB = giga bytes
  Gb = giga bit
  
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2. simo maroc
  
  thank you
  
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Answer 2 / 7
jojolafrite14 Posted messages 185 Status Member 285

Hello,

1 gigabyte (1GB) = 1 gigaoctet (1GO or 1Go)
1 gigabyte (1GB) = 8 gigabits (1Gb)
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1. Djack
  
  Good summary! Thanks for the reminder on behalf of those who don't know it ;-)
  
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blux Posted messages 2046 Registration date Status Moderator Last intervention 3 455
Hi,

G is the prefix for Giga: 10 to the power of 9.

O is the abbreviation for Octet (a collection of 8 bits)
B is the abbreviation for Byte (a collection of n bits, usually 8...)

Do not confuse the G sold by the disk merchant, which counts in powers of 2, but which are actually according to international standards multiples of 10 (e.g., 1000 and 1024) with Gi (gibibytes) which are true powers of 2.

http://www.commentcamarche.net/faq/sujet 4203 myths 1 kilobyte 1024 bytes

In any case, this is a unit of quantity (and not of computation)...

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1. Anonymous user
  
  Erratum: The G from disk manufacturers represents gigadecimals; they count in powers of 10, not 2... A 250GB hard drive indeed has 250 x 10^9 bytes = 250,000,000,000 bytes. Windows, which counts in powers of 2, will translate this to approximately 232.8GiB, which is 232.8 x 2^30 = approximately 250,000,000,000 bytes...
  
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  Thank you
  
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Anonymous user

A song is on average 5MB, so you can put +/- 1400 songs (since your iPhone supposedly has 8GB but when you start it, there’s already more than 7.4GB left if I remember correctly)
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1. avak0604
  
  bonjour, j'ai regardé ce que vous avez écrit donc si je comprends bien 16Go=16Gb
  
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  1. Dora The Explorer Posted messages 3447 Registration date Status Contributor Last intervention 854 > avak0604
    
    No!
    
    GB and Gb are not the same thing. The lowercase and uppercase do not represent the same unit.
    
    1 Go is 10^9 octets (or 2^30 according to... but that's not the subject).
    1 GB is the same thing, but expressed in English (Byte)
    
    On the other hand, 1 Gb is 10^9 bits. And one byte = 8 bits.
    So 1 GB = 8 Gb, otherwise written:
    1 Go = 8 Gb.
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  2. blux Posted messages 2046 Registration date Status Moderator Last intervention 3 455 > Dora The Explorer Posted messages 3447 Registration date Status Contributor Last intervention
    
    A byte is a sequence of bits, but not necessarily 8...
    
    The confusion is easy, as most systems currently operate with 8-bit encoding, but other systems (large mainframes) work with 6-bit encoding, or 9 bits (with one physical parity bit) or 36 bits (32 bits + 4 bits of physical parity).
    
    The translation of byte could be 'word'...
    
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  3. Dora The Explorer Posted messages 3447 Registration date Status Contributor Last intervention 854 > blux Posted messages 2046 Registration date Status Moderator Last intervention
    
    Yeah, I've already read those stories (I don't understand a thing), but in the end, it's not even the point... We'll accept that because it'll make the topic simpler ;)
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  4. blux Posted messages 2046 Registration date Status Moderator Last intervention 3 455 > Dora The Explorer Posted messages 3447 Registration date Status Contributor Last intervention
    
    Yeah, well, if avak0604 had taken the time to read the statement from the beginning, he wouldn't have asked his question...
    
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illidan57 Posted messages 438 Registration date Status Member Last intervention 166

You have bytes and bits

1 byte = 8 bits

1 byte in English is 1 bytes, be careful not to confuse it with 1 bit.

If we talk about file size and you see, for example, a file of 700MB, that's in English, meaning 700MO in French.

But if you're talking about your internet speed, for example 8Mega, it's actually 8MBits (so your download speed will be 1 Mega byte) you divide by 8.
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epango Posted messages 37195 Registration date Status Member Last intervention Ambassadeur 4 270

Hello,

Strictly speaking, the notation is Go and not GO.

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Lory

But then what's the difference between the 8 GB of the iPhone and my 30 GB iPod???
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1. jojolafrite14 Posted messages 185 Status Member 285
  
  8 Go = 8 GB
  So your iPod has almost 4 times the capacity of your iPhone... there is a difference of 22 Go (equivalent to 22 GB)
  
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2. nicolas57
  
  Bonjour,
  I have an internet connection of 126 kbps
  Orange just called me to say that I will soon switch to 8 GIGABITS,
  how much does that represent in kbps?
  Thank you very much.
  
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3. epango Posted messages 37195 Registration date Status Member Last intervention 4 270
  
  In fact, ISPs create confusion with 8 Giga, without specifying the unit. In reality, it's 8Gbits/s (8 gigabits/s), or 800,000 kilobits/s. Or simply 8:8 = 1GB/s.
  
  See you later!
  
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4. epango Posted messages 37195 Registration date Status Member Last intervention 4 270
  
  I am coming to correct an error induced by the information you gave me: "Orange just called to tell me that I will be moving to 8 GIGA soon," . They probably told you 8 Megas. Indeed, even those on fiber optics have a maximum speed of 100 Mbits/s. So you cannot have 8 Gbits/s with ADSL. Using the same calculation principle, your maximum speed would be 1 Mo/s.
  
  See you!
  
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5. sofia
  
  Hello, what's the difference between, for example, a 2 GB memory card and an 8 GB iPhone?
  
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