I have even heard of a small community naming theirselfs "physicists" claiming that "mega" stands for 1000^2... ;-)
Am Montag, 14. April 2014 01:45:27 UTC+2 schrieb Steven G. Johnson: > > Technically, the international standard "megabyte" (MB) is 1000^2 bytes. > If you want 2^20 bytes, that is a "mebibyte" (MiB). > > On Friday, April 11, 2014 12:30:11 AM UTC-4, Ivar Nesje wrote: >> >> Note that hard disc manufacturers use 1000^2 (it makes disks look >> bigger), and Apple has followed their example in OSX. > >
