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zeta.one
Blog about random technical stuff.

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.

  • locuester@lemmy.zipEnglish
    366·
    1 year ago

    They sell storage drives by advertising them in the byte quantity but they’re actually in the bit quantity.

    No, they absolutely don’t. That’d be off by 8x.

    The subject at hand has nothing to do with bits. Please, read what OP posted. It’s about 1024 vs 1000