Reply to post: Re: Let's get rid of this 1 GB = 1024 x 1024 x 1024 nonsense too then

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gnasher729 Silver badge

Re: Let's get rid of this 1 GB = 1024 x 1024 x 1024 nonsense too then

I have no problems with any base, but memory sizes don’t use base 2, they use base 1024. They are the only place where base 1024 is used. Gigabit Ethernet is one billion bits per second, not 1024^3.

So if you can’t handle base 1,000, step away.

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