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Which statement about the historical use of terms such as kilobyte and megabyte is correct?.
- A.They have always referred only to decimal units.
- B.They have always referred only to binary units.
- C.They have sometimes been used when kibibyte and mebibyte were intended.
- D.They refer to units smaller than a byte.
Model answer
What a good answer should say
- They have sometimes been used when kibibyte and mebibyte were intended.
Explanation
Why this works
Historically, terms such as kilobyte and megabyte have often been used ambiguously when the binary units kibibyte and mebibyte were intended.
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