Why does itunes say my ipod is using less space than what is being used.

When my ipod is plugged in my pc while running itunes, I click the ipod icon in the source menu. Near the bottom of the itunes window it says how much free space and used space there is availiable on the ipod. Well, mine reads that I have 24.70 gigs free space but the used space is only 3.12 gigs and there is a little lock near where it say's free space. I dunno why it say's that or how to change it. Please help.

If talking about 30 GB
Advertised GBs are calculated as 100010001000
A computer counts a GB as 102410241024 instead
There is also space used by iPod itself (file system etc.)

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