BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-squaremessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square182fedilink
minus-squarephoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoTry KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, those are metric, KB is not
minus-squareUsername@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoOther way round: prefixes that contain “bi” are binary, so 1024-based.
minus-squarephoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoBipolar is 1024 based? Jokes aside, you’re talking nonsense. 1024 based?
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI think they mean “based off of chunks of 1024”, not “base 1024”.
Try KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, those are metric, KB is not
Other way round: prefixes that contain “bi” are binary, so 1024-based.
Bipolar is 1024 based?
Jokes aside, you’re talking nonsense. 1024 based?
I think they mean “based off of chunks of 1024”, not “base 1024”.