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[return to "1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes?"]
1. Valdik+Gx[view] [source] 2026-02-03 19:04:43
>>surpri+(OP)
>Why do we often say 1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes?

Because Windows, and only Windows, shows it this way. It is official and documented: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20090611-00/?p=17...

> Explorer is just following existing practice. Everybody (to within experimental error) refers to 1024 bytes as a kilobyte, not a kibibyte. If Explorer were to switch to the term kibibyte, it would merely be showing users information in a form they cannot understand, and for what purpose? So you can feel superior because you know what that term means and other people don’t.

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2. SkiFir+X41[view] [source] 2026-02-03 21:40:20
>>Valdik+Gx
Windows also uses KB as measure unit which does not make sense (it's either kB or KiB)
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