-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2007-05-02 at 16:40 +0200, Örn Hansen wrote:
300 _GB_ is the correct naming, as the prefix Giga meaning 10^9 is way older than the "mistaken" computer parlance meaning of 2^30. This second meaning should use instead the new standard GiB (gibibite).
I think a byte is always 2^8, no matter what. So, a GB referenced as (2^8) * 10^9 sounds kinda odd, especially when you historically talk about kilobyte as 1024 (2^10) and a megabyte as 1024*1024 (2^20). =)
Yes, it sounds odd, but nevertheless, it is the correct usage now (IEEE 1541). The "classic" G (GB) in computer parlance has changed to Gi (GiB, to diferentiate from the G prefix as used in all the rest of units in the SI. The byte remains the same. The change is in the prefixes. "Gi" is read "gibi", meaning 2³⁰. "G" means 10⁹. This way there is no ambiguity. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGOL/QtTMYHG2NR9URAn3ZAJ9DojG42ow5/9MGPy1WDCcw4svpngCghwY6 M5cynJBmA+kmgPMU3HBxwWA= =805B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----