1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes
Summary
The article questions the long-standing schooling that a kilobyte equals 1024 bytes and argues that 1 kilobyte can reasonably be defined as 1000 bytes in certain contexts. It explains the distinction between binary prefixes (KiB, MiB, etc.) and decimal prefixes (kB, MB, etc.), demonstrates the growing inertia of traditional conventions, and highlights practical implications for hardware labeling and software display.