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amelius
20 days ago
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1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes?
At this point I just wish 2^10 didn't end up so close to 1000.
hackyhacky
20 days ago
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To avoid confusion, I always use "kilobyte" to refer to exactly 512 bytes.
1718627440
18 days ago
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Why don't you use sectors for that?
hackyhacky
17 days ago
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Because sectors refer to disk storage. It sounds weird to say "I need to malloc 300 sectors."
cperciva
20 days ago
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Not to be confused with a kilonibble, which is 500 bytes.
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