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From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:58:15 -0700
Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:

> That raises the question: The computer industry has given in and 
> generally says 'G' mean 10^9 not 2^30.  The latter is what Gi means.  
> While bletcherous to my eye, I think we should consider adopting this 
> standard at some point.

I'm not sure the industry in general has given in - for example I
haven't seen any 2 GiB memory modules for sale. Apple has
instead changed the meaning of GB in OS X when used to refer to disks -
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2419 .

-- 
Bruce Cran