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Short answer: It's because of binary.
Computers are very good at calculating with powers of two, and because of that a lot of computer concepts use powers of two to make calculations easier.
Edit: Oops.. It's 2^10^, not 2^7^
Sorry y'all.. ๐
FYFY
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Yeah, I deserve that. Iโm just gonna leave my typo. Thanks for the laugh!