Re: Bad Metric ... 1k = 1024 or 1000?

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 05:28:11 GMT,
jonINTERNETrelayCHAT@napaVALLEYnet.CLARInet (Jon Bettenct) wrote:

>Windows 95 says 1K = 1024
>GS System says 1K = 1024
>Macintosh says 1K = 1000
>
>The problem here is figuring out if 1 out of 3 is correct or 2 out of 3
>are correct.

Your chart should read:

Windows 95 says 1KB = 1024
GS System says 1KB = 1024
Macintosh says 1KB = 1000

Kilo is only the prefix to tell you what to multiply the number by to
get the number of units.  If you don't specify the units then no one
knows whether you are talking about apples or oranges.

So 2 of 3 are correct.  There is no disputing the fact that 1 kilobyte
= 1 KB = 1024 bytes as that is what it was defined as when computers
were created.

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