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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? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (26 children)

KiB, MiB, GiB etc are more clear. It makes a big difference especially 1TB vs 1TiB.

The American way would probably be still using the units you listed but still meaning 1024, just to be confusing.

Either that or maybe something that uses physical measurement of a hard-drive (or CD?) using length. Like that new game is 24.0854 inches of data (maybe it could be 1.467 miles of CD?).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

MigaBytes?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

MiB = mebibyte

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