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Re: Mini, Micro, Maxi, Macro, Kilo, etc. (was: Re: Pink spaceship)
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Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:00:30 GMT
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On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:27:35 GMT, jasper@janssen.dynip.com (Jasper Janssen)
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> 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.
Whattya mean, 10 years. Terabytes is now. Just not on your desktop.
Steve
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 | | Re: Mini, Micro, Maxi, Macro, Kilo, etc. (was: Re: Pink spaceship)
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| (...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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