KB or Kb? 1024 or 1000?
I would like to add one more to this list:
KBn - Banker’s Kilobyte - 0.1024 Bytes - This is used to show the balance of ur salary account 
Source: xkcd.com
March 10, 2008
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I’m a long time XKCD fan.
Comment by waqas — March 11, 2008 @ 8:11 am
KBhr: HR’s Kilobyte: -1024 Bytes - there is always something negative and lacking during the time of evaluation
Comment by fAr stAr — March 11, 2008 @ 1:07 pm
I get a bit confused too, about the megabytes in gigabytes and other such matters.
Comment by Sidhusaaheb — March 12, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
drive makers highly leverage the layman’s knowledge of computer hardware. I loose 11 GB on my supposedly 160 GB SATA, an almost 7%
Comment by Sarfaraz Ahmed Soomro — March 13, 2008 @ 2:13 am
balance of salary accnt
Mobile apnay paison say tum nahi khareedti - phir bhi itna
Comment by Asma — March 13, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
This may be something useful ..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte
Comment by Sanix — March 13, 2008 @ 11:22 pm
Interesting
Comment by Om Perkash — March 14, 2008 @ 3:16 am
Nice. Fifth one’s best!
Comment by SAWJ — March 14, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
@Waqas
I found XKCD just a few months back and when I started checking it out..i couldn’t understand most of the comics but I guess now my intellectual level has improved a little
@Far Star
Ha ha ha…so true
Btw I tried commenting on ur blog but it requires registration and all 
@Sidhusaaheb
I get more confused with billion and trillion etc….I wish money could also be calculated in KBs..GBs…etc
@Sarfaraz
This is unfair…sue them!
@Asma
Larkii….bhai sahib ki bus batain hoti hain…apne hi paison se khareedna para mobile mujhe
Comment by Fariha Akhtat — March 19, 2008 @ 12:18 am
@Sanix
Welcome to my blog
Thanks for letting my know abt Kibibyte..din’t know abt it earlier.
@Om
Yeah..it’s funny too
@SWAJ
Welcome to my blog
He he…..a marketeer will like it even more 
Comment by Fariha Akhtat — March 19, 2008 @ 12:23 am