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Why a kilobyte is 1000 and not 1024 bytes (zeta.one)

submitted 8 months ago by wischi@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I often find myself explaining the same things in real life and online, so I recently started writing technical blog posts.

This one is about why it was a mistake to call 1024 bytes a kilobyte. It's about a 20min read so thank you very much in advance if you find the time to read it.

Feedback is very much welcome. Thank you.

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[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

The only place where kilobyte is 1000 bytes has been Google and everywhere else it's 1024 so even if it's precise I don't see the advantage of changing usage. It would just cause more confusion at my work than make anything clearer.

[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

i mean, you can't get to 1000 by doubling twos, so, no?

Reality doesn't care what you prefer my dude

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