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minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoI noticed recently that a Linux command mentioned in its manpage that it supported Q as a bit prefix and I had to stop to ponder the utility in encoding a million-billion Terabytes.
minus-squarefhqwgads@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoBut did they mean Quettabytes or Quebibytes? Because the difference is only around 250 000 times the size of the Internet.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoBah, that’s just a rounding error!
minus-squarebitcrafter@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoOr, in other words, around 244 kibiInternets.
I noticed recently that a Linux command mentioned in its manpage that it supported Q as a bit prefix and I had to stop to ponder the utility in encoding a million-billion Terabytes.
But did they mean Quettabytes or Quebibytes? Because the difference is only around 250 000 times the size of the Internet.
Bah, that’s just a rounding error!
Or, in other words, around 244 kibiInternets.