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why kbyte=2^10 ??
a byte=2^8
kilo=1000
2^8 * 1000 differs 2^10
??
a byte=2^8
kilo=1000
2^8 * 1000 differs 2^10
??
Understanding the Difference Between a Byte and a Kilo: 2^8 vs 2^10
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Someone decided that for binary based computer usage, it would be better to state everything values close to powers of 2. Since 2^10 is 1024, and close to 1000, it became "kilo". Similarly 2^20 is "mega", 2^30 is "giga", and 2^40 is "tera".
transgalactic
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ok 1024 combinations is kbit
not
kbyte
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The International Electrotechnical Commission has tried to resolve this confusion by defining a new set of binary-based prefixes, e.g. 1 kibibyte = 1024 bytes.
See this Wikipedia article for more details.
Personally, I think "kibibyte" sounds like a brand of dog food.
jtbell said:
which have been almost universally ignored.