KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory? BmeBenji ( @BmeBenji@lemm.ee ) Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 3 months ago message-square109fedilinkarrow-up1213
arrow-up1213message-squareKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory? BmeBenji ( @BmeBenji@lemm.ee ) Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 3 months ago message-square109fedilink
minus-square survivalmachine ( @survivalmachine@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink4•3 months agoK/M/G/T/P = decimal prefixes. K is 1000. M is 1,000,000. etc. Ki/Mi/Gi/Ti/Pi = binary prefixes. Ki is 2¹⁰ (1024), Mi is 2²⁰ (1,048,576), etc. It’s a disambiguation of the previous system where we would use KB to interchangeably mean 1000 or 1024 depending on context.
K/M/G/T/P = decimal prefixes. K is 1000. M is 1,000,000. etc.
Ki/Mi/Gi/Ti/Pi = binary prefixes. Ki is 2¹⁰ (1024), Mi is 2²⁰ (1,048,576), etc.
It’s a disambiguation of the previous system where we would use KB to interchangeably mean 1000 or 1024 depending on context.