There is already a Brainstorm idea for it: Fix file size confusion.Īpplications must use IEC standard for base-2 units:
If you see SI prefix names you do not know whether the number is divided by 1000 or 1024. Many applications use the SI prefix names for it and some use the IEC prefix names. The problem starts with dividing by 1024. If you divide by 1000, you probably use the SI prefix names, if you divide by 1024, you probably use the IEC prefix names. There are two ways to represent big numbers: You could either display them in multiples of 1000 = 10 3 (base 10) or 1024 = 2 10 (base 2).
