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Article #420Re: CD (roms) question
From: Norman Graham
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1988 03:13
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1988 03:13
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in article <1988Jan10.214104.7965@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, nishri@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Alex Nishri) says: > The actual amount quoted in > various sources varies both because the term 'megabytes' is not standard (is > it 1000000 bytes, or 1000 times 1024 bytes or is it 1024 times 1024 bytes?) Of course the term 'megabyte' is standard and means 2^20 = 1024 * 1024, just as a KByte is standard and means 2^10 = 1024 and a gigabyte means 2^30. But this by no means keeps people from misusing the terms.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!pbox!okstate!norman From: norman@a.cs.okstate.edu (Norman Graham) Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc Subject: Re: CD (roms) question Message-ID: <3050@okstate.UUCP> Date: 12 Jan 88 03:13:37 GMT References: <1988Jan10.214104.7965@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> Organization: Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater Lines: 8