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Tf is a kilobarn
What program is this? And why does it not show kilobytes for either side?
It's Termux, a terminal emulator for Android. I typed the top part, which starts qalculate (basically Wolfram|Alpha with units) and gives it the expression
98.32 kb to KB
I was expecting it to convert 98.32 kilobits to kilobytes, but it instead interpreted the 'b' to mean barns. The actual unit for a bit in qalculate is 'bit':
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=barn+area+(unit)
(Just a joke, don't take that too seriously)