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Why a kilobyte is 1000 and not 1024 bytes
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this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2023
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A kilobyte (kB) is 1000 bytes, that's what the prefix kilo means. A kibibyte (KiB) is 1024 bytes (the "bi" in the prefix means base 2 or binary). People often confuse them, but they're similar enough for smaller units, 10^3 ~ 2^10.
Oh and at first, kilobyte was used for both amounts, which is why kibibytes were introduced to fix the confusion, which perhaps was a bit late anyway.
True and that's what the article is about. You should check out the interactive diagram in the "(Un)lucky coincidence" section.