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To me 1000kB would imply that the result was calculated with 1024 as base instead of 1000, which is a wrong assumption. It should always use the highest releva
by alpaca128 7y ago
To me 1000kB would imply that the result was calculated with 1024 as base instead of 1000, which is a wrong assumption.
It should always use the highest relevant prefix to avoid confusion imho.
- mark-r 7y agoThe best way to avoid confusion is for everybody to stop using powers of 2 instead of powers of 10 for K, M, etc. The meanings of Kilo, Mega, etc. were well defined before computers were invented. It was a mistake to steal those terms and use them for something different.