Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive
To   : STORMTROOPER
From : Cougar428
Date : Sat Apr 26 2025 08:17 am

-=> Quoting Stormtrooper to Slacker <=-

 sl> KB vs KiB, etc
 sl> 
 sl> For a good portion of my life I remember KB=1024 bytes. The past 10
 sl> years or so, its now KB bytes and a KiB is 1024 bytes.

 St> I was under the impression, that your KB is still 1024 bytes, while
 St> the KiB is the decimalised version being 1000 bytes...  

From what I've read...

It's actually the opposite. A KiB (kibbibyte) is 1024 bytes while a KB
(kilobyte) is 1000 bytes. (according to the IEC)

But who's mincing words.

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