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p0w3n3d 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Why is 1 GB equal to 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30?

That's why GiB was invented. To not mixup SI prefixes with binary maths.

1GiB equals 2^30

fl7305 6 months ago [–]

When was the last time you said "Gibibytes" out loud in a conversation?

p0w3n3d 6 months ago | [–]

I do it everyday. After it, I usually exit the room saying: "now I'm gonna install Arch Linux on my laptop"

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