Nice to learn about the SI standard notation KiB, MiB, etc. I had no idea.
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I was taught 1024 in my tech school. So I won’t ever refer to it as 1000 instead 1024. Not that it seems even remotely relevant though.
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WD needed to sell a drive with more advertised space than real space.
It is only a mistake from a Human PoV. It is more efficient for the chip since 1000 bytes and 1024 bytes take up the same space. But Humans find anything not base 10 difficult.
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