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anonymous - 2013-08-05 11:29
"kilo" no matter if its bytes or bits is ALWAYS lower case or no caps.
Actually, a kilobyte can be 1000 bytes or 1024 bytes. If it is listed as kB (lowercase k), it is a decimal kilobyte and is 1000 bytes. If it is listed as KB (uppercase k), it is a binary kilobyte and is 1024 bytes. 1 KB = 1KiB (kibobyte) = 1024 bytes.
And yes, the k can be capitalized. In fact, whether it is capitalized affects the meaning as described above.
The names they put on devices for amount of storage space are fals .
Somehow we accepted this as the norm . while storage spaces increases so do the amount of falsifications . it has become acceptable fraud imo . you dont see a sixpack sold with just 5 bottles do you ?
Your analogy is not entirely correct, as you do see different volume bottles in a six pack, as in 12oz, 11.2oz, even some 7fl oz bottles. Marketing comes in all shapes and sizes I suppose, heh.
Manufacturers prefer to use the decimal instead of binary notation to show bigger storage capacity, and his has become the norm over the years.
KiB (1024) = KibiByte
KB (1000) = KiloByte GiB (1024 ^ 3) = GibiByte GB (1000 ^ 3) = GigaByte Add an "i" and that's all. Other conventions (lowercase/uppercase) are really stupid and they have nothing to do with reality.
"Add an "i" and that's all. Other conventions (lowercase/uppercase) are really stupid and they have nothing to do with reality."
Came here just to say: Wrong. Case matters, just like in Unix. KB =/= kb 1KB = 1 Kilo Byte 1kb = 1 kilo bit This is how reality works. |
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