# "Size" vs "Size on Disk"

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/size-vs-size-on-disk/180596>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [March 1, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/size-vs-size-on-disk/180596 "2006-03-01T20:22:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/size-vs-size-on-disk/180596/1 "2006-03-01T20:22:06Z")

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If you look at the properties of any file, the size and the size on disk are slightly different. What do these two properties mean?