Also:

Beginning programmer thinks that 1 kb = 1000 bytes and seasoned programmer thinks that there are 1024 grams in 1 kg.
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>Good to know.
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>Thanks
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>>>>I think the actual converting factor is 1028, not 1000. I could be wrong though.
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>>>Allowing that you mean 1024, I believe that's covered.
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>>>The "K" implies 1024. Though possibly it should be 2048Kbps. Somehow doesn't seem right to me though.
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>>The standard for data transfer is bps, kbps, etc., where kilo means exactly 1000, etc., unlike the standard for hard disks.
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>>>Not sure if the broadband marketing works like hard disk marketing.
>>>Hard disks advertise 160gig, which for mine turns out to be 159,989,886,776 bytes (formatted). I expected it to be 160 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024.
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>>Although the standard for hard disks is "kilo of 1024", etc., hard disk manufacturers dishonestly use kilos of 1000.
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>>Leading computer magazines can tell you that a certain hard disk has (for instance) 180 GB, and that the "formatted capacity" is so-and-so-much, when actually formatting has nothing to do with it; the difference being due, in its entirety, to the different interpretations of "GB" (more than 7% difference, in this case).