And 1024 KB in 1 MB, and 1024 MB in 1 GB etc. I know it has something to do with the fact that in binary, 10000000000 (2^10) is 1024. But so what, any number can be displayed in binary. 1000 in binary is 1111101000. So why did they choose 1024? It makes everything so confusing with people making 500GB HDDs, and only turning out to be 465.66 GB. I would be okay with it if everybody was on the same page (like if HDD makers would use 1024 instead of 1000) but they don't. 1000 would be so much easier.
2007-04-08
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