What is the byte size increment from kilobyte to megabyte?

The correct answer is that the byte size increment from kilobyte to megabyte is 1,024 bytes. A kilobyte (KB) is typically defined as 1,024 bytes, and a megabyte (MB) is defined as 1,024 kilobytes. Thus, to convert from kilobytes to megabytes, you multiply the number of kilobytes by 1,024. This follows the binary understanding of data measurement, where each increment is based on powers of 2, hence:

1 MB = 1,024 KB, and since each kilobyte is 1,024 bytes, the conversion results in:

1 MB = 1,024 x 1,024 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes.

This shows that the standard increment one should expect is directly based on this power of 2 system, making 1,024 bytes the appropriate increment when moving from kilobytes to megabytes.

The option suggesting 1,000 fails to acknowledge the binary system traditionally used in computing for data size, which bases its increments on powers of 2 rather than the decimal system used in everyday counting.