Talk:File size

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what's the difference between k and KB

no

[edit] Comparing files and disks

Western Digital had this footnote in their settlement. "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a “dozen,” because some bakers would view a “dozen” as including 13 items."

I think this is an excellent metaphor (or illustration). One extra egg raises the size of a "dozen" by 0.8% which is roughly the amount by which the software industry has increased the size of a gigabyte (7.3%) or a terabyte (10.0%). --Uncle Ed (talk) 19:19, 20 December 2007 (UTC)