1024/1023

Interval information

Ratio	1024/1023
Subgroup monzo	2.3.11.31 [10 -1 -1 -1⟩
Size in cents	1.691484¢
Name	kilobyte comma
Color name	31u1u2, thiwulu 2nd, Thiwulu comma
FJS name	[math]\displaystyle{ \text{m2}_{11,31} }[/math]
Special properties	square superparticular, reduced, reduced subharmonic
Tenney norm (log2 nd)	19.9986
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d))	20
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd))	65
Comma size	unnoticeable
S-expression	S32
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1024/1023, the kilobyte comma is a 31-limit superparticular comma of about 1.69 cents. It forms the difference between 32/31 and 33/32. By tempering it out is defined the kilobyte temperament, which enables the kilobyte chords.

Etymology

The word kilobyte for this comma was introduced by Xenllium in 2023. It often refers to 1024 (2¹⁰) bytes instead of 1000, arising from the prevalence of sizes that are powers of two in modern digital memory architectures.

See also

• Unnoticeable comma
• List of superparticular intervals
• Megabyte comma (1048576/1048575)