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> Conventions > MiB = Megabytes (2^20 bytes) > Gb = Gigabits (2^27 bytes, or 128MiB) > GiB = Gibibytes (2^30 bytes) Shouldn't MiB be Mebibytes then
by TacticalCoder 2y ago
> Conventions
> MiB = Megabytes (2^20 bytes)
> Gb = Gigabits (2^27 bytes, or 128MiB)
> GiB = Gibibytes (2^30 bytes)
Shouldn't MiB be Mebibytes then?
- Wolf9466 2y agoYeah, I messed that part up.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- therealcamino 2y agoYeah, I found the Conventions section baffling. It defines both "giga" and "gibi" as 2^30! Why define both if they have the same value? Then it confuses the issue further by using "gibi" when the underlying unit is bytes, and "giga" when it is bits, which, given those definitions, doesn't convey any difference in meaning.