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Small "k" for kilo and big "b" for byte.
by Joyfield 4y ago
Small "k" for kilo and big "b" for byte.
- numlock86 4y agoI was always under the impression that k is 1000 and K is 1024 ... same as with g, G or m and M. Full ack on b and B, though. Maybe the engine is indeed only 512B in RAM utilization? Edit: Turns out the official project's claim is indeed 4KB so the title is just bogus.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- qsort 4y agoAccording to the official definitions: 1kb = 1000 bits 1Kib = 1024 bits 1kB = 1000 bytes 1KiB = 1024 bytes Obviously in practice nobody uses the decimal ones.
- MarioMan 4y agoAmong other things, hard drive labeled capacities are noteworthy for using the decimal definitions.
- Teknoman117 4y agoHah! That's a major pet peeve of mine. So, anyone who uses Windows has probably noticed at some point that "GB" "MB" and "KB" are the power-of-2 variants. Whenever I see one of those tech YouTubers say the formatted capacity of a 1 "TB" drive is 931 "GB" I just cringe. Most storage vendors use the power-of-10 definitions and Windows uses the power-of-2 definitions. 10^12 bytes / 2^30 = 931.32, so no, formatting your drive does not make 7% of the space just disappear.
- pezezin 4y agoTransfer speeds of physical interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, HDMI, DisplayPort, USB, SATA, whatever) are usually decimal.
- numlock86 4y agoI am aware of k VS Ki but often see K as a shorthand for Ki.