Comment on Why a kilobyte is 1000 and not 1024 bytes
shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 10 months ago
A kilobyte is 1000 bytes, that’s what the prefix kilo means. A kibibyte is 1024 bytes (the “bi” in the prefix means base 2. People often confuse them, but they’re similar enough for smaller units.
wischi@programming.dev 10 months ago
True and that’s what the article is about. You should check out the interactive diagram in the “(Un)lucky coincidence” section.