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> Counter-argument to anyone arguing otherwise. The argument is pretty straightforward. Kilo, Mega, Giga, etc. are already well defined prefixes and it is simp
by HourglassFR 6y ago
> Counter-argument to anyone arguing otherwise.
The argument is pretty straightforward. Kilo, Mega, Giga, etc. are already well defined prefixes and it is simply confusing if we start to redefine them in some context.
I agree that clearly hardware manifacturer are taking advantage of this confusion to inflate their marketed memory size, but again they are using the proper meaning of the prefixes. Maybe the solution would be to require them using KiB, MiB or GiB, but certainly not to change the meaning of Kilo.