This explains the units of measuring digital information and the relationships between each other.

  • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Bits are nice and simple, whereas bytes can get really messy. Hurrah for historical baggage again.

    This article just went with the binary prefixes, which makes sense for a sort article like this. Unfortunately, out there in the real world you’ll also encounter SI prefixes and some systems don’t even it clear which system they are using.