BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-squaremessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down127
arrow-up1368arrow-down1message-squareKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square194fedilink
minus-squareKierunkowy74@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year ago1 floppy = 1.44 MO 1 CD = 700 MO 1 DVD = 4,7 GO 1 HD DVD = 15 GO 1 Blu-Ray = 25 GO
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCalling bytes ‘O’ is rather unamerican.
minus-squareKierunkowy74@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoASCII byte is 7 bits. 8 bits is an octet.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI second floppies being our new base unit
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoThis is the logical answer (so maybe not American?), as it would relate to how we handle data. Also add 1 HDD = 1 TO
1 floppy = 1.44 MO
1 CD = 700 MO
1 DVD = 4,7 GO
1 HD DVD = 15 GO
1 Blu-Ray = 25 GO
Calling bytes ‘O’ is rather unamerican.
ASCII byte is 7 bits. 8 bits is an octet.
I second floppies being our new base unit
This is the logical answer (so maybe not American?), as it would relate to how we handle data.
Also add 1 HDD = 1 TO