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1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes?
We usually learn that 1 kilobyte is 1024 bytes, 1 MB is 1024 kilobytes, etc. But is this true or a kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes?
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Math & AlgorithmsSoftware Engineering2026
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2026 | 1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes? by surprisetalk | 119 | 414 |
