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File Size - Easy Question I think...

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Guybrush2

Guybrush2

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Dec 18, 2002
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I was just looking at some large files I had in "detail view." I noticed an inconsistantsy though. Next to my file is 715,820 KB, but in the lower left corner (on the Details side-bar: it says 697 MB.

Anyone know why this happens and whice file size is correct?
 
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1mb isn't 1,000,000 bytes, it's 2^20 bytes, 1kb isn't 1,000 bytes, it's 2^10 bytes, that's where the inconsistency comes from.
 
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