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> HDD’s have never used base 2 addressing. The two most common sector sizes on HDDs are 512 bytes (a byte being 8 bits) and 4096 bytes. Base 2 units make a lot
by cesarb 4y ago
> HDD’s have never used base 2 addressing.
The two most common sector sizes on HDDs are 512 bytes (a byte being 8 bits) and 4096 bytes. Base 2 units make a lot more sense with these power-of-two sector sizes than base 10 units.
- taffer 4y agoEthernet packages are 1518 bytes or 12144 bits. Maybe we should start measuring network speed in power-of-12144. No honestly: Kilo should always mean 1'000, Mega should always mean 1'000'000 and not 1'048'576.
- cassianoleal 4y ago> Kilo should always mean 1'000, Mega should always mean 1'000'000 and not 1'048'576. And that's why we have "kibi", "mebi", etc. So Kilo means times 1,000. Kibi means times 1,024 and so on.
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