On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 12:22 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Russ Allbery <[email protected]> writes: > > > Bill Allombert <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > I would prefer if the word kibibyte was not used in policy, so I > > > would strike '(in other words, the size in kibibytes)'. > > > > I don't much like the word either, but at this point it's an IEEE and > > ISO standard (IEEE 1541-2002). My feeling is that standards are more > > important than aesthetics and we should generally follow established > > standards in areas like this unless there's some compelling reason not > > to. > > +1. The unit being discussed (number of bytes divided by 1024) has an > internationally-accepted standard term, and even if we find the term > ugly we should acknowledge that term in our use of that unit to clarify > the intent.
/AOL
While a 'kilobyte' was a close enough approximation of a 'kibibyte', the
percentage difference gets much more significant as we increase disk
size.
1000
1024
102.40%
1000000
1048576
104.86%
1000000000
1073741824
107.37%
1000000000000
1099511627776
109.95%
1000000000000000
1125899906842620
112.59%
We should just use the right term, and we should collectively get over
any dislike of it.
Cheers,
Andrew.
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