I often find myself explaining the same things in real life and online, so I recently started writing technical blog posts.

This one is about why it was a mistake to call 1024 bytes a kilobyte. It’s about a 20min read so thank you very much in advance if you find the time to read it.

Feedback is very much welcome. Thank you.

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    10 months ago

    Short answer: It’s because of binary.
    Computers are very good at calculating with powers of two, and because of that a lot of computer concepts use powers of two to make calculations easier.

    1024 = 210

    Edit: Oops… It’s 210, not 27
    Sorry y’all… 😅