Editing Kilobyte (section)

===Decimal (1000&nbsp;bytes)===
In the [[International System of Units]] (SI) the [[metric prefix]] ''[[kilo-|kilo]]'' means 1,000 (10<sup>3</sup>); therefore, one kilobyte is 1000&nbsp;bytes. The unit symbol is kB.

This is the definition standardised by the [[International Electrotechnical Commission]] (IEC).<ref name="NIST">[http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html Prefixes for Binary Multiples] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808000831/http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html |date=2007-08-08 }} — The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty</ref> This definition, and the related definitions of the prefixes [[mega-|mega]] ({{gaps|1,000,000}}), [[giga-|giga]] ({{gaps|1,000,000,000}}), etc., are most commonly used for [[Data rate|data transfer rate]]s in [[computer network]]s, internal bus, hard drive and flash media transfer speeds, and for the capacities of most [[Data storage|storage media]], particularly [[hard disk drive]]s,<ref>1977 Disk/Trend Report Rigid Disk Drives, published June 1977</ref> [[Flash memory|flash]]-based storage,<ref>[http://apac.sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1349)-SanDisk_Extreme_Ducati_Edition_USB_Flash_Drive.aspx SanDisk USB Flash Drive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513155718/http://apac.sandisk.com/Products/Catalog%281349%29-SanDisk_Extreme_Ducati_Edition_USB_Flash_Drive.aspx |date=2008-05-13 }} "Note: 1&nbsp;megabyte (MB) = 1&nbsp;million bytes; 1&nbsp;gigabyte (GB) = 1&nbsp;billion bytes."</ref> and [[DVD]]s. It is also consistent with the other uses of the metric prefixes in computing, such as [[Hertz#Computers|CPU clock speeds]] or [[FLOPS|measures of performance]].

The international standard [[ISO/IEC 80000|IEC 80000-13]] uses the term "byte" to mean eight [[bit]]s (1&nbsp;B = 8&nbsp;bit). Therefore, 1&nbsp;kB = 8000&nbsp;bit. One thousand kilobytes (1000&nbsp;kB) is equal to one [[megabyte]] (1&nbsp;MB), where 1&nbsp;MB is one million bytes.