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I still think the whole kilobyte/kilobit thing is stupid. Who thought it was a good idea to name it this way....

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  • 3
    Source?
  • 2
    @vringar Sorry, forgot to mention it https://xkcd.com/394/
  • 13
    What about kibibytes?
  • 4
    @Dacexi is correct.
    The confusion of 1024 or 1000 is not because there are two definitions for kilobyte, it's because there are kibibytes which most people don't know by name.
  • 1
    @BartBB and thats the reasin your 500gb hdd doesn't show as 500 but something like 470. Because windows uses gibibytes
  • 1
    Hilarious.😁
    Missing: "k.", 1 Byte, can be ok or not ok.😊
  • 3
    @Dacexi
    I'm fully aware, my point was that most people do not even know of the concept "kibibyte".
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    Kilobyte (KB) = 1000 Bytes
    Kilobit (Kb) = 1000 Bits
    Kibibyte (KiB) = 1024 Bytes
    Kibibit (Kib) = 1024 Bits
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