Megabyte vs Mebibyte (was Re: Language and English)

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Fri Jan 4 16:24:59 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Chomko [mailto:vze2wsvr_at_verizon.net]

> > It's especially egregious, because even IBM, who use
> 1024000 for Megabyte
> > for disks, uses 1048576 for memory. Thus, an IBM megabyte
> of disk storage
> > will not hold the content of an IBM megabyte of memory!

> Seems like you have lots of energy on this Fred. 1000 1K
> blocks. Is that a
> reason
> to fly off the handle?

Well, you're right that he's probably a little too sensitive on this, but it
is a stupid way to count a megabyte -- not even self-consistent. :)

Personally I prefer the 1024*1024 method. It makes the most sense to me.

Regards,

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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