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Why a kilobyte is 1000 and not 1024 bytes (zeta.one)
submitted 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] corsicanguppy 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (22 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.

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[–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is only a mistake from a Human PoV. It is more efficient for the chip since 1000 bytes and 1024 bytes take up the same space. But Humans find anything not base 10 difficult.

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