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This one is wrong on the OS side of thigs. KB = Kilobyte, which from SI definition of kilo means 10^3. KiB = Kibibyte, was formaly defined later by IEC in 199
by michalhosna 6y ago
This one is wrong on the OS side of thigs.
KB = Kilobyte, which from SI definition of kilo means 10^3.
KiB = Kibibyte, was formaly defined later by IEC in 1998 as 2^10
OSes (Windows/Mac/Linux), are the ones doing it wrong, using 2^10 internaly, but presenting using SI prefixes.
- pseudalopex 6y agoApple uses powers of 10 now.