What is Kibibyte? Kibibyte vs Kilobyte
As a matter of fact, the entire metric system we use today is based on decimals, in fact, all measurements are made in decimals. Be it a kilogram (10^3 gram) or millimeter (10^-3 meter). But not so for computer engineers! It was during the early days of programming that they found out computer systems worked better with 1024 rather than 1000.