KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?
KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?
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bit, Nibble, Byte, Word, doubleword, longword, quadword, double-quadword, verylongword, halfword
They check all Imperial criteria:
- confusing names
- some used only in some systems
- size depends on where you are
- some may overlap
- doesn't manage to cover all the possible needs, but do you really need more than 64 bits?
- would probably cause you to crash a rocket
88 1 ReplyWords! Of course! Imperial measurement is words. Because they are as inconsistent as other imperial units.
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