Timeline for Should I teach that 1 kB = 1024 bytes or 1000 bytes?
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| Mar 13, 2021 at 1:13 | comment | added | nealmcb | Can you cite any sources for claim #3 that KB "has always meant 1024 bytes"? That sort of clarity has certainly not been my experience over my 5 decades in the industry. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 16:01 | comment | added | supercat | @KevinFegan: The only situations I can think of where using an uppercase K for 1000 should not be viewed as being simply wrong would those where a lowercase "k" is unavailable, e.g.some situations involving signage or limited character sets. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 0:34 | comment | added | Kevin Fegan | @immibis - it was said to be "the only useful definition in software engineering". Because of the binary nature of computer architecture and software, it's probably correct. Outside of discussions about computers and particularly software, it is most likely not correct. | |
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| S Mar 12, 2018 at 23:38 | comment | added | thesecretmaster♦ | @BenI. '@Sentinel Please remember to assume good intentions and to adhere to our Be Nice policy. I've moved this discussion to chat, where you can continue it in a respectful fashion, remembering that we're all reasonable human beings who are here to discuss teaching together. | |
| Mar 12, 2018 at 4:19 | comment | added | Stack Exchange Supports Israel | In what way is number 3 "the only useful definition"? | |
| Mar 11, 2018 at 8:33 | comment | added | Sentinel | @Peter Agreed 100% A broad discussion of history and context in a way that is interesting and entertaining would help differentiate a mediocre from a decent education. | |
| Mar 10, 2018 at 23:39 | comment | added | Peter | Note that while KB as 1000 may be flat wrong, it's also necessary to teach that a lot of people do this wrong, and thus students must never trust KB to mean 1024 without further knowledge of the context. | |
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| Mar 10, 2018 at 0:49 | history | answered | Sentinel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |