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		sebtron 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes? A metric kilobyte is 1000 bytes. An imperial kilobyte, on the other hand, is 5280 bytes.

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nayuki 12 days ago [–]

Nah, an imperial kilobyte is 5280 bits. That's way more plausible.

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