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*M GB M is well-known in headlines as million. A GB is something people appreciate the size of, TB not as much, and PB is definitely not in most people's vocab
by ygaf 10y ago
*M GB
M is well-known in headlines as million. A GB is something people appreciate the size of, TB not as much, and PB is definitely not in most people's vocab.
- kevin_thibedeau 10y ago> M is well-known in headlines as million. In which case it doesn't get combined with an SI prefix because the financial "M" is not the same as the SI Mega. Jamming two SI prefixes together is plain ignorant.
- ygaf 10y agoI naturally read the title's GB as GiB (making only one SI prefix), but I don't hold anything against other people being more precise readers.
- astrodust 10y agoOh, come on. This is a bullshit argument. Hacker News does not have the same audience as The Daily Mail. Nobody measures things in megagigabytes. To be truly pedantic, "M" can also mean "mille" or thousand if you're talking about things like CPM. Mixing units like this introduces needless confusion when there's already a SI unit for the job: P.