[ELI5]Why do loading progress bars seem to always stop at 99%

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[ELI5]Why do loading progress bars seem to always stop at 99%

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I guess you mean why does it stop more at 99 than 98 or any other particular number.

Because of how the progression is calculated. If big files are loaded first, there is nothing left but small files. There’s about 1% left, or less, but it doesn’t mean that your computer will handle multiple little files faster than 1 big file, hence the stop at 99%.

Also, this id pure speculation, I don’t know what I’m talking about.