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Re: Mini, Micro, Maxi, Macro, Kilo, etc. (was: Re: Pink spaceship)
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Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:27:35 GMT
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On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:21:10 GMT, Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com>
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> Unless it's a hard drive, and then a Kilobyte is 10^3 (and for awhile
> was even actually measuring the "unformatted" capacity).
Not necessarily. Some harddrives think a kilobyte is 10^3, and a
megabyte is 10^6, and a gigabyte is 10^9. Some harddrives think a
kilbyte is 2^10, a megabyte is 2^20, and a gigabyte is 10^3 * 2^20.
Others think a gigabyte is 2^30. Endless variations.. and in 10 years,
there'll be an extra level at the Terabytes as well.
Jasper
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