Is it true that 1 MB can mean either 1000000 bytes, 1024000 bytes, or 1048576 bytes?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/373579/i...

Question links:
[What is the difference between a kibibyte, a kilobit, and a kilobyte?]: https://superuser.com/questions/287498/w...

Accepted answer links:
[so on]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix#L...
[so on]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_pref...
[bits]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit

Answer 2 links:
[kibibyte]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte

Answer 3 links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte

Answer 4 links:
[SI prefix]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix
[1024]: https://superuser.com/questions/287375/w...
[binary prefixes]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_pref...

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