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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T17:51:39+00:00 2026-05-10T17:51:39+00:00

For decades, in the field of computing (except disk manufacturers), a KB (kilobyte) was

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For decades, in the field of computing (except disk manufacturers), a KB (kilobyte) was understood to mean 1024 bytes. In the past few years, there has been a movement to use KiB (‘kibibyte’) to mean 1024 bytes, and change the meaning of kilobyte to be 1000 bytes, dooming us to many more years of confusion. On the other hand, the movement seems to be confined to Gnome, and some overzealous wikipedia editing.

Will you be converting your programs to use KiB? If you have ever displayed a filesize in KB, did you divide by 1000 or 1024?

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  1. 2026-05-10T17:51:40+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 5:51 pm

    KB is 1024 bytes, damnit.

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