BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year 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-square181fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square181fedilink
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago1 kB is 1024 bytes and a byte is 8 bits. That is not metric. It just uses metric prefixes.
minus-squareMatombo@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago1kB is 1000B you are using KiB which Windows to this day calls KB -.-
minus-squareSibbo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoLinux kernel guilty as well. It reports memory in “kb”, but digging through documentation, you will at some point see that they actually mean KiB. The “kb” would be 1000 bits.
1 kB is 1024 bytes and a byte is 8 bits. That is not metric. It just uses metric prefixes.
1kB = 1000 bytes, 1KiB = 1024 bytes
Don’t forget the baker’s kilobyte.
1kB is 1000B you are using KiB which Windows to this day calls KB -.-
Linux kernel guilty as well. It reports memory in “kb”, but digging through documentation, you will at some point see that they actually mean KiB. The “kb” would be 1000 bits.