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BmeBenji (he/him) to Programmer [email protected] • 1 year ago

KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?

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KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?

BmeBenji (he/him) to Programmer [email protected] • 1 year ago
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    1kB = 1000 bytes, 1KiB = 1024 bytes

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      Don’t forget the baker’s kilobyte.

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