Why do retards try to say that 1000000000 doesn't equal one gigabyte?
In what world does it make sense for 1073741824 to be one gigabyte instead?

>>53865480
Because computers use base two. We can redefine it once we start using computers that operate using base ten.

gibi
vs
giga

>>53865674
puddi

>>53865551
>Because computers use base two.
Which is why they should also use base two prefixes like gibi

>>53865674
>you're not allowed to correctly use SI prefixes because base two is confusing :((

>>53865376
>In what world does it make sense for 0b111011100110101100101000000000 to be one gigabyte instead?
In the world where Si system is used and giga means multiplied by 10^9.

>>53865376
IEC vs JEDEC standards for binary
1 gigabyte JEDEC = 1 gibibyte IEC
1gigabyte IEC = 1 gigabyte metric
gibibyte was coined in 1998, where gigabyte was used for far longer
it's partly habit

>>53865713
>giga = 10^30
>correctly

seek medical help

GB: SI
GiB: Powers of 2

>>53865376
Normies can't accept *iB vs. *B.

Gibibyte = Base 2 representation of 1,000,000,000 Bytes.

Gigabyte = Base 10 representation of 1,000,000,000 bytes.

Kilo, mega giga =
1,000
1,000,000
1,000,000,000

Kibi mibi gibi =
1,024
1,048,576
1,073,741,824

Daily reminder:

1 MB = 1000000 bytes
1 MB = 1048576 bytes
1 MB = 1024000 bytes

These are all used in different contexts.

>>53865750
Bytes and bits

>>53868187
Considering a byte consists of 8 bits and you're counting in binary, two of those contexts are strictly wrong.

>>53868187
>1 MB = 1024000 bytes
This is never right in any context

>>53868350
3.5" Floppy disks

>>53868310
>strictly wrong
I don't give a shit about your made-up concepts of right and wrong.

I'm saying people have used these exact definitions in casual interchange, marketing, or even programming contexts.

>>53868350
>too young to remember a good old 1.44 MB floppy