1024 Bytes facts
While investigating facts about 1024 Bytes, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Technically, 1024 bytes of data is supposed to be called a kibibyte, not a kilobyte (which is 1000 bytes)
1 kilobyte corresponds to 1000 bytes and not to 1024 bytes. 1024 bytes is known, since 1998, as a kibibyte. However, in practice, kilobyte is still commonly used to refer to 1024 bytes.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 5 of the best facts about 1024 Bytes I managed to collect.
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There is a proper name for 1024 bytes - a Kibibyte, and 1024 kibibytes is a mebibyte.
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There is a distinction between Kilobytes (which is 1000 bytes and represented by kB) and Kibibytes (which is 1024 bytes and represented by KiB)
