Gibioctet is the most precise unit to measure 2^30 * 8 bits.

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>>57410755

>>57410755
It sounds like a faggy way to spell gigabyte.

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>>57410784
Gigabyte does not measure 2^30 Bytes.

>>57410755
bit is most precise unit to measure number of bits

If I had a bit for how worthless this thread is, I'd have a gibioctet.

>>57410805
it does though outside of harddrive manufacturer documents and a few small circles

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>>57412122
>small circles
IEEE
NIST
ISO
IEC
SI
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM)

>>57412153
and any of these matter, why?

you think they all use FOSS?

>>57412173
>why does SI matter
>why do GLOBAL standards matter
Woow, boi

>>57412188
He's probably American and still measures the world in feet and armpits.

>>57412188
byte is not a si unit so fuck off
common practice is to use powers of 2.

>>57412234
It's not about the byte, it's about the prefix.
Giga is a SI prefix and means 1000^3.
Gibi is a SI prefix and means 1024^3.

>>57412280
>Gibi is a SI prefix
from what i can gather it appears to be an IEC prefix. not that it matters because everyone uses powers of two for gigabyte, as the should.

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>>57412420
>everyone

>>57412426
alright, certainly not everyone. But it is by far the most common way of writing filesize

>>57412578
Windows is the only "major" OS that doesn't adhere to international standards.