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kilo: 1000 vs 1024
Is a “kilobyte” 1024 bytes, or 1000? The traditional answer is 1024. [Just an aside: "tradition" for a field that has only been around for a few decades. Chuckle.] The metric system, which defined the “kilo-” prefix to mean 1000, … Continue reading