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abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

In terms of storage 1000 and 1024 take the same amount of bytes.

What? No. A terabyte in 1024 units is 8,796,093,022,208 bits. In 1000 units it’s 8,000,000,000,000 bits.

The difference is substantial with larger numbers.

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