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Re:Modern HDDs have gotten somewhat better by cassianoleal on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @04:51PM (#31841706)
> Kilo should always mean 1'000, Mega should always mean 1'000'000 and not 1'048'576.

And that's why we have "kibi", "mebi", etc.

So Kilo means times 1,000. Kibi means times 1,024 and so on.

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