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And it just happens to be a coincidence those are all powers of 2?
by dingleberry420 4y ago
And it just happens to be a coincidence those are all powers of 2?
- nickff 4y agoI understand why we use binary, and the implications on processors, but I still think it is wrong to say: "Computers measure storage in base 2"
- trashtester 4y agoAlmost all numbers inside computers are base 2 (for floats, the exponent and fraction are one such number each). Base 10 is something that is primarily used for presentation to humans. We all know this, this is HN....
- dehugger 4y agoFine, the humans that use computers measure storage in base 2. What a pedantic hill to die on.
- taffer 4y agoThere were also 12, 24, 36 and 48 bit computers. 32 Bit just won because of System/360.