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Isn't GiB = 10^9, GB = 1024^3? Some people seem to use them interchangeably.
by cm2187 3y ago
Isn't GiB = 10^9, GB = 1024^3? Some people seem to use them interchangeably.
- progbits 3y agoThe other way around, author uses them correctly. k/M/G/... come from SI which is based on 10^3. Ki/Mi/Gi/... are for 1024.
- pkage 3y agoOther way around, 10^9 bytes is a gigabyte (GB) and 1024^3 is a gibibyte (GiB).
- none_to_remain 3y agoI have yet to hear anyone say "kibi" or "gibi" that wasn't mocking the term. I believe the virtuous answer is that bytes are measured in powers of two, & hard drive manufacturers are dishonest. (Bits are measured in powers of ten)
- DaSHacka 3y ago> hard drive manufacturers are dishonest. (Bits are measured in powers of ten) You'd have to add ISPs to that too, as network links are typically measured in decimal increments.
- syene 3y agoI say “mibi” and “gibi” all the time, because my system denotes them as such and it sounds much cuter
- DemocracyFTW2 3y agoYeah sure and it's completely irrelevant in this context and also the other way around