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Re:The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder hits the... by semi-extrinsic on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:34PM (#13413228)
Huh? 1024^4 is how Windows defines a terabyte, accordingly that's what most people think a terabyte is. OS X was the first OS to switch to 1000^4 with Snow Leopard (2009). Different Linux system tools use either standard.
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Re:The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder hits the... by snerbles on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @09:34AM (#13417838)
Referring the abbreviation of "TiB" versus "TB" for 1024^4.
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