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JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 months agoGB to measure binary gigabytes came first. GiB was invented because advertisers and drive manufacturers are evil.
Comment on What the Hell is this Bull shit ?
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 months agoGB to measure binary gigabytes came first. GiB was invented because advertisers and drive manufacturers are evil.
black0ut@pawb.social 2 months ago
GiB weren’t invented by drive manufacturers (although they definitely benefit from it, and are incredibly scummy about it). It was invented by the SI people. GiB make sense, because the prefix “Giga” means 10⁶, while in binary it meant 2²⁰. It was a mess before, and GiB just standardized it in a way that is easy to understand and consistent with other units.
I do think we should force drive manufacturers to express their drive capacity in binary format, tho.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Right, in response to drive manufacturers using GB incorrectly.