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FigBug on April 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why is 1 GB equal to 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30?

Why not switch to actual GB like the OS X did. I'm not sure why anybody prefers GiB.

tatref on April 6, 2014 [–]

Either way, as long as GB = 10^9, and GiB = 2^30

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