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Re:Kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes by Symbiote on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:51PM (#46875426)
"Giga" was considered to sound silly until it became common and we no longer care. "Yotta" sounds silly (to me) now.
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Re:Kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes by sippeangelo on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:43PM (#46876174)
"Tera" always sounded cool though.
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Re:Kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes by bombcar on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:44PM (#46876196)
Surely you mean Gibi ;)
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Re:Kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes by aidenn0 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @02:36AM (#46882672)
1.21 Gigawatts doesn't sound silly at all!
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Re:Kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes by NetMageSCW on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:32AM (#46887052)
Did you mean jigawatts?
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