Computer memory and storage

[Angrboda]

This didn't hit me until now but i have a 32gb flash drive and it only has 
29.7 but in reality it is a 32gb drive but i would love that 2 extra gb though.

32GB are 32 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 bytes = 32,000,000,000 bytes. (you know how the decimal system works, right?)

32GiB are 32 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 bytes = 34,359,738,368 bytes. (they call these Gibibytes)

32,000,000,000 bytes /1024 /1024 /1024 = 29.8GiB.


Your computer counts GiBs (and calls them GB), the storage manufacturers count GBs. They're referring to different things and make it sound dishonest... yeah... welcome to the real world.

The funny thing is, because the memory circuit size is a power of two, they can't possibly fit exactly 32,000,000,000 bytes of memory on the device. It has to be somewhat more or less than stated.