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digiownyesterday at 5:49 PM1 replyview on HN

Is it? Outside of Windows, I rarely ever see KB used to mean 1024 anymore. Linux and Mac usually uses KB for 1000, and "K" or "Ki" or "KiB" for 1024.


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none_to_remainyesterday at 5:58 PM

KiB is a an abbreviation for "kilobyte" which emphasizes that it means 1024.

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