What does GB, MB, kB etc. mean in Microsoft Documentation?

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Does anyone know if in official technical Microsoft documentation (e.g. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/concepts-limits) there is a consistent interpretation of data size units? That is, do GB, MB, kB really mean Gigabyte, Megabyte, Kilobyte, or is it actually Gibybyte, Mebibyte, Kibibyte, or is it simply inconsistent and we have to guess what is actually meant?

For example, in the link above, they use 20 GB which could well mean 2 * 10^9 B (i.e. 20 GB). But on the same page, they also use 512 kB which suggests a more natural interpretation of 2^19 B (i.e. 512 KiB).

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