Representation of a Kilo/Mega/Tera Byte
问题 I was getting a little confused with the representation of different units of bytes. It is accepted throughout that 1 byte = 8 bits. However, in a lot of sources I have seen that 1 kiloByte = 2^10 bytes = 1024 bytes AND 1 kiloByte = 1000 bytes Doesn't this contradict as in both cases it is stated that 1 byte is 8 bits...? Different sources claim different reasons for these different representations, thus I am not sure what the most important/real reason is for this rather confusing difference