AnonymousCoward@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Proton @lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoHow many gigabytes are in a terabyte? Storage capacity explainedproton.meexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down15
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minus-squareTheUnicornOfPerfidylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 days agoMaybe the astroturfing got me, but I thought we had different terms depending on whether we were counting in base ten or two e.g. https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebibyte Edit: Oh it says that in the article. I should’ve kept reading.
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoNo. Base 2 is a tibibyte and a gibibyte. A terrabyte and a Gigabyte are always base 10.
minus-squareTheUnicornOfPerfidylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoHu. Why did you say “No”? You’re agreeing with me.
minus-squareNeon 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️🌈@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 days agoAh I thought you said that a terrabyte can be both base 10 and base 2. (which it can’t be, then it would be a tebibyte) In that case: yes, I agree with you.
Maybe the astroturfing got me, but I thought we had different terms depending on whether we were counting in base ten or two e.g. https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebibyte
Edit: Oh it says that in the article. I should’ve kept reading.
No. Base 2 is a tibibyte and a gibibyte.
A terrabyte and a Gigabyte are always base 10.
Hu. Why did you say “No”? You’re agreeing with me.
Ah I thought you said that a terrabyte can be both base 10 and base 2. (which it can’t be, then it would be a tebibyte)
In that case: yes, I agree with you.