Re: GB vs. MB
Yakko J. Warner (yakko@village.ios.com)
Tue, 3 Dec 1996 18:22:24 -0500 (EST)
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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