Sunday, March 16, 2003

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by visaeril @ 18:31 [edit] [link]

1 bit
4 bits = 1 nybble
2 nybbles = 1 byte
1024 bytes = 1 kibibyte
1024 kibibytes = 1 mebibyte
1024 mebibytes = 1 gibibyte
1024 gibibytes = 1 tebibyte
1024 tebibytes = 1 pebibyte
1024 pebibytes = 1 exbibyte
1024 exbibytes = 1 zebibyte
1024 zebibytes = 1 yobibyte

kibi = kilo
mebi = mega
gibi = giga
tebi = tera
pebi = peta
exbi = exa
zebi = zetta
yobi = yotta

The difference being that one kilobyte is 1000 bytes(10^3), while one kibibyte is 1024 bytes(2^10). Because, you know, computers are binary/hex, not decimal. ...yeah.

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