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1 KB = 1024 Bytes? No, 1 KB = 1000 Bytes!

I read up on the history of the ancient convention that 1024 Bytes are called 1 Kilobyte. The problem with the convention is that it’s totally unintuitive unless you know it. Unfortunately, Microsoft decided to use the following conventions and now the whole world uses it: 1 KB = 1024 Bytes 1 MB = 1024 … <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2008/09/30/1-kb-1024-bytes-no-1-kb-1000-bytes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">1 KB = 1024 Bytes? No, 1 KB = 1000 Bytes!</span></a>



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I read up on the history of the ancient convention that 1024 Bytes are called 1 Kilobyte. The problem with the convention is that it’s totally unintuitive unless you know it. Unfortunately, Microsoft decided to use the following conventions and now the whole world uses it: 1 KB = 1024 Bytes 1 MB = 1024 … <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2008/09/30/1-kb-1024-bytes-no-1-kb-1000-bytes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">1 KB = 1024 Bytes? No, 1 KB = 1000 Bytes!</span></a>



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1 KB = 1024 Bytes? No, 1 KB = 1000 Bytes!

I read up on the history of the ancient convention that 1024 Bytes are called 1 Kilobyte. The problem with the convention is that it’s totally unintuitive unless you know it. Unfortunately, Microsoft decided to use the following conventions and now the whole world uses it: 1 KB = 1024 Bytes 1 MB = 1024 … <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/cneumair/2008/09/30/1-kb-1024-bytes-no-1-kb-1000-bytes/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">1 KB = 1024 Bytes? No, 1 KB = 1000 Bytes!</span></a>

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