File size in MiB incorrectly labeled as MB

Zipdox

• September 28, 2021 07:27

Discord displays file size as MB but counts the file size as MiB. If you have a file of exactly 8,000,000 bytes (8 MB) and you send it on Discord, it'll read 7.63 MB. It should say 7.63 MiB or 8 MB.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte#Multiple-byte_units

Tool for generating dummy files: https://zipdox.net/t/filegen/

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  Zipdox

  • October 01, 2021 19:30
  • Edited

  Also fun fact, Discord won't allow you to send a file of exactly 8 MiB, I assume because some of the space is used for metadata.

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