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Because the marketing department highjacked computing's lingo for a quick buck. There should never have been any confusion because SI doesnt belong in computin
by thsksbd 3y ago
Because the marketing department highjacked computing's lingo for a quick buck.
There should never have been any confusion because SI doesnt belong in computing because computing is not on a continuum. Therefore it has a natural multiplier, typically 2, making 10 completely arbitrary and capricious.
- bestouff 3y agoThis is the only real answer. You wouldn't buy a 29.8GB stick of RAM, and because of the addressing it wouldn't work very well. But marketers can get away with a 29.8GB stick of flash, so they do and sell that as 32GB.