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 BmeBenji (he/him)   ( @BmeBenji@lemm.ee )  to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?

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KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?

 BmeBenji (he/him)   ( @BmeBenji@lemm.ee )  to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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  •  ursakhiin   ( @ursakhiin@beehaw.org ) 
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    This is such a weird take to me. We don’t even colloquially discuss computer storage in terms of 1000.

    The Greek terms were used from the beginning of computing and the new terms of kibi and mebi (etc.) were only added in 1998 when Members it the IEC got upset. But despite that, most personal computers still report in the binary way. The decimal is only used on boxes for marketing terms.

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      most personal computers still report in the binary way.

      Which ones?

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        Windows reports using binary and continues to use the Greek terms. Windows is still the holder of largest market share for PC operating systems.

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          Yeah well windows is a POS so

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