physical prefixes vs binary prefixes
should all of us use binary prefix (like mebi)
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It has been in my mind ever since. The difference between the physical prefixes and the binary prefixes
physical prefixes
1000 = 103 to convert the values
binary prefixes
1024 = 210 to convert values
I my opinion this is the only real prefix everybody should use.
The spelling is similar to the physical one only addition is that there is an "i" between the common prefix (for example MB vs. MiB)
So it uses "bi" after the first two letters of the physical prefix (for example MegaByte vs. Mebibyte)
500 GB = 500 * 109 = 500 000 000 000 Bytes
500 000 000 000/230 = 465.66 GiB
bad this is with every step you will "lose" more capacity
for example:
1GB => 0.91 GiB = - 9%
1MB => 0.93 MiB = - 7%
So that is what bugs me the most, HDD producers always use the physical one.
physical prefixes
1000 = 10
binary prefixes
1024 = 2
I my opinion this is the only real prefix everybody should use.
The spelling is similar to the physical one only addition is that there is an "i" between the common prefix (for example MB vs. MiB)
So it uses "bi" after the first two letters of the physical prefix (for example MegaByte vs. Mebibyte)
500 GB = 500 * 10
500 000 000 000/2
bad this is with every step you will "lose" more capacity
for example:
1GB => 0.91 GiB = - 9%
1MB => 0.93 MiB = - 7%
So that is what bugs me the most, HDD producers always use the physical one.
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as a computer techy i belive the standard physcial one will do its not much difference so fuck it we know the real deal gets us self employed techys more money so yea (Y)
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I totally agree, Eranox. Back when it was first coined, by all intents and purposes, kilobyte represented 1024 bytes. Although I bet when they were coming up with the name there were like "eh, it's close enough to 1000, lets just throw kilo infront of it just like the SI unit." I think that was a bad idea that it was done that way and should probably have used a better name. you know how a byte is 8 bits right? why not just go "ok 8 bytes is this and 8 of those is that" seems a much better way imo.
But back on point, anything computer related should somehow be related to a power of 2.
But back on point, anything computer related should somehow be related to a power of 2.
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nsl41288 wrote...
I totally agree, Eranox. Back when it was first coined, by all intents and purposes, kilobyte represented 1024 bytes. Although I bet when they were coming up with the name there were like "eh, it's close enough to 1000, lets just throw kilo infront of it just like the SI unit." I think that was a bad idea that it was done that way and should probably have used a better name. you know how a byte is 8 bits right? why not just go "ok 8 bytes is this and 8 of those is that" seems a much better way imo. But back on point, anything computer related should somehow be related to a power of 2.
Well yeah at last somebody how agrees (even my lecturer still uses the physical shit in his transparencies) 1up Rep for you sir.
The law in every computer is binary. Every data that is created on your pc, like by using word or whatever, is also binary. So why the heck do they still use this old shit, I will never get it. Anyway I don´t care anymore what other people say, I will only use the binary one.Hope you will also do.
Obey to the power of 2
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nsl41288 wrote...
hooray! my first rep =) I was starting to think that I wasn't going to get any.Well I got my rep by helping people finding hentais in the "Request" ( helping people finding fapping material is one of my greatest concern)
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It saddens me that I remember times when a byte was 5 bits. Then the ASCII expansion comes along. Then the Unicode expansion comes along.
Oh, yeah, we all see standards trying to change terminology so that a byte is 32 bits long to allow for Unicode characters. Standards, you suck. That's like changing the gram, just make a new name for the extended version of the byte.
Oh, yeah, we all see standards trying to change terminology so that a byte is 32 bits long to allow for Unicode characters. Standards, you suck. That's like changing the gram, just make a new name for the extended version of the byte.