So you think you know all about computers? Great. Let’s quiz on you the basics. How much is a kilobyte? How much is megabyte? (and don’t cop out by saying that disk drive manufacturers and computer scientists have different standards) A gigabyte? This page lists the definitions of the SI units: the binary prefixes.

It’s funny, but a lot of textbooks in India still blissfully print the old “1024-bytes-equal-a-kilobyte” chestnut for folks who don’t know better. And a lot of these textbooks are actually used at schools and colleges across the country. I’m not sure what this says about the state of Indian education, but I don’t think it is terribly complimetary.