Edited sentence: 1024 bytes is a kibibyte (KiB), 1024 KiB is a mebibyte (MiB), 1024 MiB is a gibibyte (GiB), 1024 GiB is a tebibyte (TiB), etc.All of the bandwidth values listed in this article are true metric quantities, i.For example, Kilobyte can refer to either 1000 bytes or 1024 bytes in common speech, however the IEEE has recently defined all the kibi-, mebi-, etc.However, when referring to computer data quantities, people will often say “one kilobyte” or write “1 KB”, but actually mean 1024 bytes, for example.In 1999 the IEC introduced a formal prefix standard (IEC 60027) for binary numbers, which became an IEEE standard in 2005 (IEEE-1541), ergo:.Much confusion and miscommunication should end when these standardized binary number prefixes come into common use.This misuse started decades ago, essentially due to the fact that computer data quantities are based on the power of 2, yet metric prefixes, based on the power of 10, were used for these quantities.a kilobit = 1000 bits, NOT 1024 bits; also, a kilobyte = 1000 bytes.computer data file sizes.prefixes to mean 1000, to stay in line with the rest of the metric system and end the current confusion.prefixes to mean 1024 and the kilo-, mega-, etc.“Metric” (aka decimal, SI, power of 10) prefixes are commonly misused when referring to binary quantities, i.“kilo” actually means one thousand, “mega” means one million, “giga” is one billion, and so on