• SkinnyTimmy@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Also, same issue as with MB and mb, you might confuse megagram with milligram

    Although that’s not really the reason, more like an argument to keep it this way

    • Synthead@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      And you might confuse MB, megabytes, with MiB, mebibytes. MB is typically used to measure storage, and MiB typically used to measure data. There’s 1000 bytes in a kilobyte, and 1024 bytes in a kibibyte.

      • stingpie@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        I still use mb and kb as 1024 instead of 1000, because I prefer to not have units switched around from under me. 2^16 will always address 64kb, not 65.

      • ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        Mega is a million. Kilo is a thousand. 1024 in kilobytes comes from powers of 2 which are more natural in addressing computer memory