tetris11 ( tetris11@lemmy.ml ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?message-squaremessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up135
arrow-up135message-square"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?tetris11 ( tetris11@lemmy.ml ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squareEndRedStateSubsidies ( EndRedStateSubsidies@leminal.space ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years ago“about a meg” because it’s almost unthinkable anyone cares about 3 tenths of a meg much less 2 hundredths.
minus-squareTheRealKuni ( TheRealKuni@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years ago “about a meg” because it’s almost unthinkable anyone cares about 3 tenths of a meg much less 2 hundredths. Tell me you never used floppy discs as a storage medium without telling me.
minus-squarenotarobot ( notarobot@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI’d round up to one and a half. Also remove “bytes” and “bites”. 1.32 MB is “one and a half megs” or even “a meg and a half”
“about a meg” because it’s almost unthinkable anyone cares about 3 tenths of a meg much less 2 hundredths.
Tell me you never used floppy discs as a storage medium without telling me.
I’d round up to one and a half. Also remove “bytes” and “bites”. 1.32 MB is “one and a half megs” or even “a meg and a half”