Megabyte vs Mebibyte (was Re: Language and English)

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Jan 4 15:30:31 2002

> They should coin a new term for a fake Megabyte (i.e.
> something other than 1024 ^ 2). Call it a "Maybebyte".
> That wasn't funny.

Yes it was.
And I am now going to use that in some of my classes, when I explain what
a Megabyte is.
Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 15:30:31 GMT

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