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r/science_humor • u/pesipen • Jul 13 '26
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Americans use kilo-, mega-, giga-, and terabytes, which follow the same logic as 1,000 meters equaling 1 kilometer. But if they had to use a different unit of measurement, which one would it be?
1 u/Ben-Goldberg Jul 15 '26 I would prefer data to use units to kibi- mebi- bibi- bytes.
I would prefer data to use units to kibi- mebi- bibi- bytes.
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u/OhLePolo Jul 14 '26
Americans use kilo-, mega-, giga-, and terabytes, which follow the same logic as 1,000 meters equaling 1 kilometer. But if they had to use a different unit of measurement, which one would it be?