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| Note about KiB, MiB, GiB | ||||
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In this website the new IEEE/IEC-abbreviations for dual-based units are used: here it is not any more about KB ("kilobyte") and MB ("megabyte"), but about KiB ("kibibyte") and MiB ("mebibyte"), in order to distinguish them clearly from the purely decimal-based units. I welcome this initiative to reduce the possibilities for misunderstandings. | ||||
| Dual-based units: | Decimal-based units: | |||
| KiB (kibibyte) | 210 byte = 1,024 byte | > | KB (kilobyte) | 103 byte = 1,000 byte |
| MiB (mebibyte) | 220 byte = 1,024 KiB = 1,048,578 byte | > | MB (megabyte) | 106 byte = 1,000 KB = 1,000,000 byte |
| GiB (gibibyte) | 230 byte = 1,024 MiB = 1,048,578 KiB = 1,073,741,824 byte | > | GB (gigabyte) | 109 byte = 1,000 MB = 1,000,000,000 byte |
| Note about PC |
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The abbreviation "PC" as used in my website is a general abbreviation for "personal computer"
with emphasis on "personal", and does not refer automatically to the product of IBM that carries the same name. The usually rather expensive computers dedicated for UNIX (often dubbed "work station") are not included in my definition of "PC", however since the introduction of Linux this distinction has become questionable. |
| Note about "compatible" |
| In my website the word "compatible" comprises the original, because also the original is "compatible" to itself. |
