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Why a kilobyte is 1000 and not 1024 bytes (zeta.one)

submitted 10 months ago by wischi@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] KinNectar@kbin.run 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nice to learn about the SI standard notation KiB, MiB, etc. I had no idea.

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[–] smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 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.

[–] PupBiru@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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

[–] smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

WD needed to sell a drive with more advertised space than real space.

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