Messages in this thread | | | From | "Yakko J. Warner" <> | Subject | Re: GB vs. MB | Date | Tue, 3 Dec 1996 18:22:24 -0500 (EST) |
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Lauri Tischler wrote this: > >Anno Domini 2 Dec 96 at 8:12, Bradley Ward Allen wrote: >> If I'm wrong, then the kernel *DEFINATELY* needs changing >> so I won't make that mistake. Standards are standards. If >> you want to talk about a million bytes, call it a million bytes, >> not a megabyte. Ditto billion vs. giga. > >Apparently by 'giga' you mean 1000 million = miljard, which is used >in most European countries. > >American billion = 1000 million = giga = European miljard > >European billion = 1000'000 million = tera
errr.. i always thought of 1GB as 1024*1048576 (does the kernel not think in powers of 2 here?)
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