Comment on Why a kilobyte is 1000 and not 1024 bytes

• Lmaydev@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In terms of storage 1000 and 1024 take the same amount of bytes. So from a computer point of view 1024 makes a lot more sense.

  It’s just a binary Vs decimal thing. 1000 is not nicely represented in binary the same 1024 isn’t in decimal.

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  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In terms of storage 1000 and 1024 take the same amount of bytes.

    What? No. A terabyte in 1024 units is 8,796,093,022,208 bits. In 1000 units it’s 8,000,000,000,000 bits.

    The difference is substantial with larger numbers.

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    • Lmaydev@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Both require the same amount of bits again

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