Although most manufacturers of hard disk drives and flash-memory disk devices define 1 gigabyte as, software like Microsoft Windows reports size in gigabytes by dividing the total capacity in bytes by, while still reporting the result with the symbol " GB ".

Although pre-mixed concentrated nutrient solutions are generally purchased from commercial nutrient manufacturers by hydroponic hobbyists and small commercial growers, several tools exists to help anyone prepare their own solutions without extensive knowledge about chemistry.

Although this claim is justified, it is in reality the result of network effect: hardware and software manufacturers ensure that their products are compatible with Windows in order to have access to the large market of Windows users.

Although a few manufacturers make rolling stock that can adjust to different rail gauges, most manufacturers make rolling stock that only works with one of the standard rail gauges.

Although features and design varied between manufacturers and models, with new features added as technology advanced, word processors for several years usually featured a monochrome display and the ability to save documents on memory cards or diskettes.

Although many manufacturers licensed the design, including Citroën with their M35 and GS Birotor, using engines produced by Comotor, General Motors, which seems to have concluded that the Wankel engine was slightly more expensive to build than an equivalent reciprocating engine, although claiming having solved the fuel economy issue, but failed in obtaining acceptable exhaust emissions, and Mercedes-Benz which used it for their C111 concept car, only Mazda has produced Wankel engines in large numbers.

Although the King was always received with open arms by several befriended manufacturers, he needed his own residence in Tilburg.

Although most major instrument manufacturers have made, and many continue to make, sousaphones, Conn and King ( H. N.

Although genuine Vermilion paint can still be purchased for fine arts and art conservation applications, few manufacturers make it, because of legal liability issues.

Although there had been exceptions like the outlandish Ford V8 specials created by the Romanians for the 1936 Monte Carlo Rally, rallies before World War II had tended to be for standard or near-standard production cars, a rule supported by manufacturers because it created a relatively even playing field.

Although cartridge-filler fountain pens are still in common use in France, Germany, India and the United Kingdom, and are widely used by young students in most private schools in England and at least one private school in Scotland, a few modern manufacturers ( especially Montblanc and Visconti ) now depict the fountain pen as a collectible item or a status symbol, rather than an everyday writing tool.

Although many companies make contact lenses, in the US there are four major manufacturers:

Although small shops and manufacturers had been built on the banks of the Willimantic before, this was the beginning of industrialized Willimantic.

Although a few CPU manufacturers assign bit numbers the opposite way ( which is not the same as different endianness ), the msb unambiguously remain the most significant bit.

Although Ford Motor Company and French Renault-Nissan cancelled their hydrogen car R & D efforts in 2008 and 2009, respectively, they signed a 2009 letter of intent with the other manufacturers and Now GMBH in September 2009 supporting the commercial introduction of FCVs by 2015.

Although sales of SUVs and light trucks were booming in the U. S., Japan's car manufacturers dismissed the idea that such a trend could occur in their own country.

Although 140 mm fans are made by some manufacturers, such as Aerocool and Yate Loon, there are very few cases or heatsinks that can use them.

Although sidecars have become much less common since the mid 1950s, a number of manufacturers worldwide have continued to produce sidecars for many popular motorcycles and scooters.

Although tube amplifiers produce more heat than solid state amplifiers, few manufacturers of these units include cooling fans in the chassis.

Although they no longer design or fabricate chairlifts, they still provide parts and act as contractors for constructing new lifts designed by other manufacturers.

Although efforts to establish standards had been made since the 1870s, they had come to little: no city wanted to abandon its system, few saw any reason to adopt standards, and equipment manufacturers did not want competition.

Although Lancia had won the previous year's manufacturers ' title the Delta was an ageing design, and with minimal development work during the season it lost ground to newer cars.

Although BMW tried to sell the project's rights, first to MG Rover and later to a number of Chinese car manufacturers, the model never entered production.

Although the original Arnold coupler has been joined by more functional and aesthetically pleasing designs ( see discussion below ), Arnold allowed use of the Rapido design by other manufacturers and so established a common standard to couple together rolling stock from different sources.

Although the range and precise application of defenses varies between jurisdictions, the following represents a list of the defenses that may apply to all levels of assault:

Although most South African parties announced their candidate list for provincial premierships in the 2009 election, the ANC did not.

Although there is no proof, the name " Thomas Corbett " does appear on the list of dead and missing.

: Although there are no universal standards for the design or testing of trigger locks, some jurisdictions, such as the state of California, maintain a list of approved trigger lock devices.

Although the shooter claimed an obsession for " Goth ", his favorite music list was described, by the media, as a " who's who of heavy metal.

Although they aim to be representative, non-investable indices suffer from a lengthy and largely unavoidable list of biases.

Although traditional products such as coffee, meat, and sugar continued to lead the list of Nicaraguan exports, the fastest growth is now in nontraditional exports: textile and apparel ; gold ; seafood ; and new agricultural products such as peanuts, sesame, melons, and onions.

Although Egypt's administrative control of Kush extended only down to the fourth cataract, Egyptian sources list tributary districts reaching to the Red Sea and upstream to the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers.

Although including synonyms, a thesaurus should not be taken as a complete list of all the synonyms for a particular word.

Although it is difficult to draw a line separating wave – particle duality from the rest of quantum mechanics, it is nevertheless possible to list some applications of this basic idea.

Although Gladstone entered Lincoln's Inn in 1833, with a view to becoming a barrister, by 1839 he had requested that his name should be removed from the list because he no longer intended to be called to the Bar.

Although both removal operations complete successfully, node i + 1 remains in the list since i-1 was made to point to i + 1 skipping node i ( which was made to point to i + 2 ).

Although many sources list six or more subspecies of cheetah, the taxonomic status of most of these subspecies is unresolved.

Although Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian are usually listed by linguists as separate languages, some linguistic references list them as dialects of a single language.

Although these processes are usually not major sources of nuclides, in the cases of the short-lived naturally-occurring nuclides that exhibit half-lives too short to be primordial ( see list of nuclides ), these processes are the entire source of the existing natural supply of the nuclide.

Although he was already in contact with the Livable Netherlands ( LN ) party, he initially also considered running for the CDA or creating his own list.

Although the extent of the damage was not as disastrous as during the Great Fire of 64 — crucially sparing the many districts of insulae — Cassius Dio records a long list of important public buildings that were destroyed, including Agrippa's Pantheon, the Temple of Jupiter, the Diribitorium, parts of Pompey's Theatre and the Saepta Julia among others.

Although the list of sages sometimes varies, the ones usually included are the following:

Although they claimed the list was short and their role was minor, the Tribune, in particular, revealed emails through a FOIA finding that White had received a recommendation for a relative of convicted fundraiser Tony Rezko to be admitted.

Although it is unlikely that Hilbert had conceived of such a possibility, before going on to list the problems, he did presciently remark:

Although this is a list of radio stations based in the Wisconsin Rapids area, the signals of radio stations from much of Central Wisconsin are commonly received in the city.

Although the capacity has more than doubled since Lambeau Field was opened, demand for tickets remains high: season tickets have been sold out since 1960, and more than 81, 000 names remain on the waiting list ( with a reported average wait time of 30 years ).

Although the Halting problem is not computable, it is possible to simulate program execution and produce an infinite list of the programs that do halt.

Although it has its own list of kings, at an early date it came under external influence.

Although a linguistic census is not allowed, an indication is the electoral success of the francophone list PF which received a fifth of the votes in 2006.