NIST comments on the confusion caused by these contrasting definitions: "Faced with this reality, the IEEE Standards Board decided that IEEE standards will use the conventional, internationally adopted, definitions of the SI prefixes", instead of kilo for 1024.
NIST turut mengomentari perbedaan definisi ini: "Menghadapi persoalan ini, IEEE Standards Board memutuskan bahwa standar IEEE akan menggunakan defnisi awalan SI konvensional yang sudah diadopsi secara internasional" alih-alih kilo = 1024.