Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:40:07 +0100 From: Daniel Tameling <tamelingdaniel@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB key && NTFS Message-ID: <ZafYt1-rY7F2Pr8s@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <95f1017b-9180-4f23-9c64-37b486cbd5c3@alexburke.ca> References: <Zaa3aZcOgvBzjwj9@c720-1400094> <a37ea3ef-efe5-4b9a-96bf-c1e55bd1da9d@alexburke.ca> <ZabMnIO5OU7GsVhx@c720-1400094> <95f1017b-9180-4f23-9c64-37b486cbd5c3@alexburke.ca>
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 10:05:07PM +0100, Alexander Burke wrote: > > They meant 128 GiB, but somehow the `i` tends to avoid the printing process Wikipedia blames the IEC for this disparity, but I call it cheating. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte#Definition > Hi, it's the other way round: for storage, manufactures generally use a conversion factor of 1000, which doesn't have the "i" in the unit. The "i" denotes a conversion factor of 1024, which leads to smaller numbers. However, omitting the "i" when using 1024 is also very common. The wikipedia article you linked has a little bit further down the following passage: "This means that a 300 GB (279 GiB) hard disk might be indicated variously as "300 GB", "279 GB" or "279 GiB", depending on the operating system." Best regards, Daniel
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