RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 10 days agoKilobyte is precisely 1000 byteswaspdev.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkKilobyte is precisely 1000 byteswaspdev.comRSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square17linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoIt’s less for the consumer and more of an SI/IEC/BIPM thing. If the prefix k means about 1000 depending on the context, that can cause all sorts of problems. They maintain that k means strictly 1000, for good reason.
It’s less for the consumer and more of an SI/IEC/BIPM thing. If the prefix k means about 1000 depending on the context, that can cause all sorts of problems. They maintain that k means strictly 1000, for good reason.