Comments on: Mibi Mega Kibi Kilo – Decimal and Binary Prefixes http://etherealmind.com/decimal-binary-prefixes-using-kibi-mibi-kilo-mega/ Network design, architecture, thinking, working. Tech. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://etherealmind.com/decimal-binary-prefixes-using-kibi-mibi-kilo-mega/#comment-1412 Rich Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:36:45 +0000 http://etherealmind.com/?p=801#comment-1412 a very clear and definative description of the terms but your forgetting one thing...Joe/Joan average I still get told they're computer runs at 320 GB, or it has 2 or 4 GB of storage, or best one yet... they're broadband has a direct link to full 56Kbs, yes I laughed, not good as it was a business deal! but at least they got a speed term right and I got the transaction =) my point is... these terms will never be never be globally accepted in the home Harddisks being the only exception, a 1TB hard disk is sold as 1TB, only after formatting it becomes something measured in a smaller term...gibi's those who understood binary/octal/decimal/hexadecimal make the swap automatically, using the best term the other person will understand, we don't need to re-educate those that dont Also i don't see industry adopting a term that is smaller sounding.. would you try to market a 4Gb memory stick or a 3,816mebi one? a very clear and definative description of the terms

but your forgetting one thing…Joe/Joan average

I still get told they’re computer runs at 320 GB, or it has 2 or 4 GB of storage, or best one yet… they’re broadband has a direct link to full 56Kbs, yes I laughed, not good as it was a business deal! but at least they got a speed term right and I got the transaction =)

my point is… these terms will never be never be globally accepted in the home
Harddisks being the only exception, a 1TB hard disk is sold as 1TB, only after formatting it becomes something measured in a smaller term…gibi’s

those who understood binary/octal/decimal/hexadecimal make the swap automatically, using the best term the other person will understand, we don’t need to re-educate those that dont
Also i don’t see industry adopting a term that is smaller sounding.. would you try to market a 4Gb memory stick or a 3,816mebi one?

]]> By: Whats the difference between kbps and kBps ? A lot. ñ My Etherealmind http://etherealmind.com/decimal-binary-prefixes-using-kibi-mibi-kilo-mega/#comment-1411 Whats the difference between kbps and kBps ? A lot. ñ My Etherealmind Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:51:05 +0000 http://etherealmind.com/?p=801#comment-1411 [...] Mibi Mega Kibi Kilo – Decimal and Binary Prefixes [...] [...] Mibi Mega Kibi Kilo – Decimal and Binary Prefixes [...]

]]> By: Reimer http://etherealmind.com/decimal-binary-prefixes-using-kibi-mibi-kilo-mega/#comment-1410 Reimer Wed, 19 May 2010 07:11:39 +0000 http://etherealmind.com/?p=801#comment-1410 Your decimal prefixes schould be base 10 and not base 2, so kilo is 10^3, Mega is 10^6 (or kilo^2)... Your decimal prefixes schould be base 10 and not base 2, so kilo is 10^3, Mega is 10^6 (or kilo^2)…

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