mebibyte?

[NavJitsU4]

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why can't we just say megabyte..

i'm surprised it's been around since 98

 

[Ika]

megabyte != mebibyte

or, simply put

MB != MiB

I've never heard of mebibyte but I have seen MiB.

 

[Jassi]

From what I can understand, Giga, Mega and Kilo use the 1000 (Base 10) system but Gibe, Mibe and Kibe prefixs use the base 2 (1024) system.

Please correct me if I am wrong. If I am right, no wonder those bastids can get away with 80GB harddrives that format down to 74 and change.