Except that depending on context, KB = 1024 Bytes, and MB = 1024 KB. Round-number thousands anyhow though, and part of the time literally 1000.
"Each letter I type takes up a byte."
Careful -- Unicode screws with that explanation. (Each letter in English takes up one byte. Once you start mixing alphabets, some characters take up more than one byte.)
Historical usage, where bytes were different sizes on different machines, can remain a footnote for now. :-)
Re: I guess I'm spoiled now
"Each letter I type takes up a byte."
Careful -- Unicode screws with that explanation. (Each letter in English takes up one byte. Once you start mixing alphabets, some characters take up more than one byte.)
Historical usage, where bytes were different sizes on different machines, can remain a footnote for now. :-)