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-1,024 [Byte]s.
+1,000 [Byte]s, but commonly refers to 1,024 [Byte]s which is actually called a KibiByte. However, this distinction has not been adopted in practice; with very near certainty, the term KiloByte is always used to refer to
1,024 [Byte]s.
-Other units include
MegaByte, GigaByte and
TeraByte.
+In speech, it's often cut down to "K", ie pronounced "kay".
+
+This is a very common unit. Many [BinaryExecutable]s, libraries, configuration files, images and so on range from somewhere between half a KiloByte to a few [
MegaByte]s.
+
+See also KibiByte, MegaByte/MebiByte
, GigaByte/GibiByte,
TeraByte.
