Kbytes: Real memory vs. Hard disk space

[Bryan Moore]

Someone was trying to tell me that Kbytes in terms of memory
is 1024 bytes, but Kbytes in terms of Hard disk space is 1000 bytes.

When I do a 'lsattr -E -lsys0 -a realmem' It tells me I have
24576 kbytes of memory. Which I assume means 24576*1024=25,165,824
bytes.

When I do a df, It tells me I have 76,216 kbytes free on a certain
minidisk. I've been told that this means 76216*1000=76,216,000 bytes
free and not 76216*1024=78,045,184 bytes.

Could someone confirm this?

Just curious...

Thanks!

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