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Because kilo- already has a meaning. And both usages of kilobyte were (and are) in use. If we are going to fix the problem, we might as well fix it right.
by gizmo686 8mo ago
Because kilo- already has a meaning. And both usages of kilobyte were (and are) in use. If we are going to fix the problem, we might as well fix it right.
- mc32 8mo agoSure outside of computing in other science it has a meaning but in binary computing traditionally prefix + byte implied binary number quantities. Many things acquire domain specific nuanced meaning ..
- floren 8mo agoAnd yet in computing, a 1kHz clock is still 1000 cycles per second, and 1 MFLOP is still 1,000,000 floating-point operations per second.
- antonvs 8mo agoThe comment you replied to explained that: "in binary computing traditionally prefix + byte implied binary number quantities." There are no bytes involved in Hz or FLOPs.
- pdw 8mo agoEven in computing the binary definition is only used with memory sizes. E.g. storage, network speeds, clock rates use the standard definition.