> we (mistakenly) use 'kilobyte', 'megabyte' or 'gigabyte' Mistakenly? How? The ... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

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

> we (mistakenly) use 'kilobyte', 'megabyte' or 'gigabyte'

Mistakenly? How? The new terms with the "bibis" in them were invented because of the misuse of the original terms by storage vendors.

ehsanu1 on April 6, 2014 [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Consider applying for YC's Winter 2027 batch! Applications are open till November 2.
Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact