1 Feb
2009
1 Feb
'09
11:32 p.m.
cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org wrote:
My only complaint is that they decided that MB is 10^6
not 2^20 well
after common usage dictated that MB was 2^20 bytes.
Why make an exception for the computer industry? We'll be back to
rods and slugs before you know it?
kilo was 10^3 and mega 10^6 long before computer memory got in on the
act.
You'll notice the networking world didn't decide to rewrite the rules.
Antonio