From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8e6b9c381fbdbec0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-11 23:46:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <20020809232207.00535.00001627@mb-fu.aol.com> <8Ve59.3217$hk3.695926@news.xtra.co.nz> Subject: Re: buying a compter X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <0RI59.3970$hk3.743942@news.xtra.co.nz> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:48:19 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.54.87.108 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1029134780 210.54.87.108 (Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:46:20 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:46:20 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27940 Date: 2002-08-12T18:48:19+12:00 List-Id: "Adrian Knoth" wrote in message news:slrnalchuo.9es.adi@drcomp.erfurt.thur.de... > AG wrote: > > >> 1 GHz = 1000 MHz = 1,000,000 KHz = 1,000,000,000 Hz > > Ahh, but much too often there is a confusion - if you buy a computer > > that is quoted as having 1Gb of memory, you aren't likely to receive > > exactly 1,000,000,000 bytes ;-) > > Well, you'll at least get 1,000,000,000*8 bits. The problem was that > IT handled prefixes as powers of 2. So the kb were 1024*8 bits, > the MB were 2^20*8 bits and so on. > > That is why you've ment 1Gb=2^30*8 bits. AFAIK they changed the > international convention from KB,MB,GB... to KiB, MiB, GiB so that now > the old k/M/G are exactly in SI-style (1000/1000000/1000000000) and > Ki/Mi/Gi stand for the IT-version (powers of 2: 1024/2^20/2^30). Sorry to answer to this one specific mail out of a rather large number that I received on the subject (it just happened to be the last I saw). Believe me, I do know the difference between 2 and 10 based definitions of of Kilo, Mega, Giga, Tera and so on. It was just meant to show why the question has arised in the first place. I wonder why not one of the respondents noticed the smiley at the end of what I wrote?