Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: patch for sd.c: fix MB vs. GB | Date | Tue, 29 Dec 1998 12:55:52 +0100 | From | Philip Blundell <> |
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>Yes there is: consistency in context. We are talking about >computers, and everything else is in powers of two.
No, it's not. When you talk about 10Mbps Ethernet, that's 10*1000*1000 bits per second. The only place powers of 2 makes sense is when address lines are involved (ie RAM).
p.
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