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minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·4 months agoComputers run on binary, base 2. 1000 vs 1024, one is byte aligned(2^10), the other is not.
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·3 months agoThats an irrelevant technical detail for modern storage. We regularly use billions, trillions of bytes. The world has mostly standardized on base 10 for large numbers as it’s easy to understand and convert. Literally all of the devices I own use this.
Computers run on binary, base 2. 1000 vs 1024, one is byte aligned(2^10), the other is not.
Thats an irrelevant technical detail for modern storage. We regularly use billions, trillions of bytes. The world has mostly standardized on base 10 for large numbers as it’s easy to understand and convert.
Literally all of the devices I own use this.