JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy a ton, and not a megagram?message-squaremessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down17
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareWhy a ton, and not a megagram?JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squareSkinnyTimmy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoAlso, same issue as with MB and mb, you might confuse megagram with milligram Although that’s not really the reason, more like an argument to keep it this way
minus-squareSynthead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAnd you might confuse MB, megabytes, with MiB, mebibytes. MB s typically used to measure storage, and MiB typically used to measure data. There’s 1000 bytes in a kilobyte, and 1024 bytes in a kibibyte.
minus-squareComradeKhoumrag@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMega is a million. Kilo is a thousand. 1024 in kilobytes comes from powers of 2 which are more natural in addressing computer memory
Also, same issue as with MB and mb, you might confuse megagram with milligram
Although that’s not really the reason, more like an argument to keep it this way
And you might confuse MB, megabytes, with MiB, mebibytes. MB s typically used to measure storage, and MiB typically used to measure data. There’s 1000 bytes in a kilobyte, and 1024 bytes in a kibibyte.
Mega mean 1024 of something right?
Mega is a million. Kilo is a thousand. 1024 in kilobytes comes from powers of 2 which are more natural in addressing computer memory