Kilobyte
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A kilobyte is a number used to measure storage space on computer hard drives or computer memory. A kilobyte originally meant 1000 bytes. Over time the meaning changed and today it is often used to mean 1024 bytes. This created some confusion as a "kilo" should mean 1000.[1] The International Electrotechnical Commission now defines a kilobyte as being 1000 bytes.[2] The correct name for 1,024 bytes is a kibibyte.[1]
[change] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Wide Words: Kibibyte". worldwidewords.org. 2011 [last update]. http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-kib1.htm. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ↑ "Kilobyte - KB". computerhope.com. 2011 [last update]. http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/k/kilobyte.htm. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
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