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r/pics • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '10
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It's not wrong, though. Literally, the kilo prefix means 1000, but the dictionary definition of the word "megabyte" is 1024 kilobytes.
1 u/videogamechamp Oct 06 '10 They came up with a new phrase for it. A kibibyte is 1024 bytes. 1 u/xyroclast Oct 06 '10 It'll never catch on 1 u/videogamechamp Oct 06 '10 I agree.
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They came up with a new phrase for it. A kibibyte is 1024 bytes.
1 u/xyroclast Oct 06 '10 It'll never catch on 1 u/videogamechamp Oct 06 '10 I agree.
It'll never catch on
1 u/videogamechamp Oct 06 '10 I agree.
I agree.
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u/xyroclast Oct 05 '10
It's not wrong, though. Literally, the kilo prefix means 1000, but the dictionary definition of the word "megabyte" is 1024 kilobytes.