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Why a kilobyte is 1000 and not 1024 bytes (zeta.one)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I often find myself explaining the same things in real life and online, so I recently started writing technical blog posts.

This one is about why it was a mistake to call 1024 bytes a kilobyte. It's about a 20min read so thank you very much in advance if you find the time to read it.

Feedback is very much welcome. Thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (19 children)

I was taught 1024 in my tech school. So I won’t ever refer to it as 1000 instead 1024. Not that it seems even remotely relevant though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

kilobyte (KB) is 1000, kibibyte (KiB) is 1024

at least according the the IEC, and id tend to go with them… SI units say that kilo means 1000

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I went to school before that took effect. But go ahead and downvote me for chiming in I guess.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i didn’t downvote you, and i went to school before a bunch of things but technology evolves and either we evolve with it or we end up being just straight up wrong in a modern context

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the lesson I guess.

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