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I am adding a second answer to clarify some issues with the question and to clear the obvious confusion in the answers.

  1. The question incorrectly states that the linked IEC communication recommends KB to mean 1000. The link refers to 'kilo' only.

  2. kB may mean the SI kilobyte, I.e. 1000 bytes

  3. KB does and has always meant 1024 bytes.

Number 3 is essentially the only useful definition in software engineering.Note that the K is capitalized.

There is also KiB which is equivalent to KB. Note that the kilo word is always represented by small k. For OP to teach KB as 1000 ever is always flat wrong.

The above does not apply to MB and higher. There the usage is ambiguous and depends on context.

I am adding a second answer to clarify some issues with the question and to clear the obvious confusion in the answers.

  1. The question incorrectly states that the linked IEC communication recommends KB to mean 1000. The link refers to 'kilo' only.

  2. kB may mean the SI kilobyte, I.e. 1000 bytes

  3. KB does and has always meant 1024 bytes.

Number 3 is essentially the only useful definition in software engineering.Note that the K is capitalized.

There is also KiB which is equivalent to KB. Note that the kilo word is always represented by small k. For OP to teach KB as 1000 ever is always flat wrong.

I am adding a second answer to clarify some issues with the question and to clear the obvious confusion in the answers.

  1. The question incorrectly states that the linked IEC communication recommends KB to mean 1000. The link refers to 'kilo' only.

  2. kB may mean the SI kilobyte, I.e. 1000 bytes

  3. KB does and has always meant 1024 bytes.

Number 3 is essentially the only useful definition in software engineering.Note that the K is capitalized.

There is also KiB which is equivalent to KB. Note that the kilo word is always represented by small k. For OP to teach KB as 1000 ever is always flat wrong.

The above does not apply to MB and higher. There the usage is ambiguous and depends on context.

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I am adding a second answer to clarify some issues with the question and to clear the obvious confusion in the answers.

  1. The question incorrectly states that the linked IEC communication recommends KB to mean 1000. The link refers to 'kilo' only.

  2. kB may mean the SI kilobyte, I.e. 1000 bytes

  3. KB does and has always meant 1024 bytes.

Number 3 is essentially the only useful definition in software engineering.Note that the K is capitalized.

There is also KiB which is equivalent to KB. Note that the kilo word is always represented by small k. For OP to teach KB as 1000 ever is always flat wrong.

I am adding a second answer to clarify some issues with the question and to clear the obvious confusion in the answers.

  1. The question incorrectly states that the linked IEC communication recommends KB to mean 1000. The link refers to 'kilo' only.

  2. kB may mean the SI kilobyte, I.e. 1000 bytes

  3. KB does and has always meant 1024 bytes.

Number 3 is essentially the only useful definition in software engineering.Note that the K is capitalized.

I am adding a second answer to clarify some issues with the question and to clear the obvious confusion in the answers.

  1. The question incorrectly states that the linked IEC communication recommends KB to mean 1000. The link refers to 'kilo' only.

  2. kB may mean the SI kilobyte, I.e. 1000 bytes

  3. KB does and has always meant 1024 bytes.

Number 3 is essentially the only useful definition in software engineering.Note that the K is capitalized.

There is also KiB which is equivalent to KB. Note that the kilo word is always represented by small k. For OP to teach KB as 1000 ever is always flat wrong.

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Sentinel
Sentinel
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I am adding a second answer to clarify some issues with the question and to clear the obvious confusion in the answers.

  1. The question incorrectly states that the linked IEC communication recommends KB to mean 1000. The link refers to 'kilo' only.

  2. kB may mean the SI kilobyte, I.e. 1000 bytes

  3. KB does and has always meant 1024 bytes.

Number 3 is essentially the only useful definition in software engineering.Note that the K is capitalized.