On May 02, 2007 04:02 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> 300 _GB_ is the correct naming, as the prefix Giga meaning 10^9 is
> way older than the "mistaken" computer parlance meaning of 2^30. This
> second meaning should use instead the new standard GiB (gibibite).
>

  I think a byte is always 2^8, no matter what.  So, a GB referenced as
(2^8) * 10^9 sounds kinda odd, especially when you historically talk
about kilobyte as 1024 (2^10) and a megabyte as 1024*1024 (2^20). =)
 

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