diff --git a/sorting/file-size.js b/sorting/file-size.js
index f36c246..5440fb1 100644
--- a/sorting/file-size.js
+++ b/sorting/file-size.js
@@ -1,37 +1,36 @@
 /**
  * When dealing with computer file sizes, it is common to append a post fix
- * such as KB, MB or GB to a string in order to easily denote the order of
+ * such as B, KB, MB or GB to a string in order to easily denote the order of
  * magnitude of the file size. This plug-in allows sorting to take these
- * indicates of size into account. A counterpart type detection plug-in 
- * is also available.
+ * indicates of size into account.
+ * 
+ * A counterpart type detection plug-in is also available.
  *
  *  @name File size
- *  @summary Sort abbreviated file sizes correctly (8MB, 4KB etc)
- *  @author _anjibman_
+ *  @summary Sort abbreviated file sizes correctly (8MB, 4KB, etc)
+ *  @author Allan Jardine - datatables.net
  *
  *  @example
- *    $('#example').dataTable( {
+ *    $('#example').DataTable( {
  *       columnDefs: [
  *         { type: 'file-size', targets: 0 }
  *       ]
  *    } );
  */
 
- jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
-    "file-size-pre": function ( a ) {
-        var x = a.substring(0,a.length - 2);
+jQuery.fn.dataTable.ext.type.order['file-size-pre'] = function ( data ) {
+    var units = data.replace( /[\d\.]/g, '' ).toLowerCase();
+    var multiplier = 1;
 
-        var x_unit = (a.substring(a.length - 2, a.length) == "MB" ?
-            1000 : (a.substring(a.length - 2, a.length) == "GB" ? 1000000 : 1));
-
-        return parseInt( x * x_unit, 10 );
-    },
-
-    "file-size-asc": function ( a, b ) {
-        return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0));
-    },
-
-    "file-size-desc": function ( a, b ) {
-        return ((a < b) ? 1 : ((a > b) ? -1 : 0));
+    if ( units === 'kb' ) {
+        multiplier = 1000;
     }
-} );
+    else if ( units === 'mb' ) {
+        multiplier = 1000000;
+    }
+    else if ( units === 'gb' ) {
+        multiplier = 1000000000;
+    }
+
+    return parseFloat( data ) * multiplier;
+};
diff --git a/type-detection/file-size.js b/type-detection/file-size.js
index 8cfc0d6..1ab4dab 100644
--- a/type-detection/file-size.js
+++ b/type-detection/file-size.js
@@ -1,36 +1,24 @@
 /**
- * Detect "file size" type columns automatically. Commonly used for computer
+ * Detect file size type columns automatically. Commonly used for computer
  * file sizes, this can allow sorting to take the order of magnitude indicated
  * by the label (GB etc) into account.
  *
  *  @name File size
- *  @summary Detect abbreviated file size data (8MB, 4KB etc)
- *  @author _anjibman_
+ *  @summary Detect abbreviated file size data (8MB, 4KB, 3B, etc)
+ *  @author Allan Jardine - datatables.net
  */
 
-jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.aTypes.unshift(
-	function ( sData )
-	{
-		var sValidChars = "0123456789";
-		var Char;
-
-		/* Check the numeric part */
-		for ( var i=0 ; i<(sData.length - 3) ; i++ )
-		{
-			Char = sData.charAt(i);
-			if (sValidChars.indexOf(Char) == -1)
-			{
-				return null;
-			}
-		}
+jQuery.fn.dataTable.ext.type.detect.unshift( function ( data ) {
+	if ( typeof data !== 'string' ) {
+		return null;
+	}
 
-		/* Check for size unit KB, MB or GB */
-		if ( sData.substring(sData.length - 2, sData.length) == "KB"
-			|| sData.substring(sData.length - 2, sData.length) == "MB"
-			|| sData.substring(sData.length - 2, sData.length) == "GB" )
-		{
-			return 'file-size';
-		}
+	var units = data.replace( /[\d\.]/g, '' ).toLowerCase();
+	if ( units !== '' && units !== 'b' && units !== 'kb' && units !== 'mb' && units !== 'gb' ) {
 		return null;
 	}
-);
+
+	return isNaN( parseFloat( data ) ) ?
+		null :
+		'file-size';
+} );
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