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    8 months ago

    kB = kilobytes = 1000 bytes

    MB = megabytes = 1000 kB

    kiB = kibibytes = 1024 bytes

    MiB = mibibytes = 1024 kiB

    Generally on hard drive/ssd capacity it will be listed in GiB (Gibibytes). This is the reason a 1 Terabyte drive is actually something like 931 GB showing in your system. Because your system uses GiB and the manufacturer uses GB.

    1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes

    1GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes

    1 GB =~ 0.931 GiB

    Edit: I had it backwards, it is fixed now