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submitted 8 months ago by BmeBenji@lemm.ee to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] Kierunkowy74@kbin.social 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

1 floppy = 1.44 MO
1 CD = 700 MO
1 DVD = 4,7 GO
1 HD DVD = 15 GO
1 Blu-Ray = 25 GO

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Calling bytes 'O' is rather unamerican.

[–] Kierunkowy74@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

ASCII byte is 7 bits. 8 bits is an octet.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 8 months ago

I second floppies being our new base unit

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This is the logical answer (so maybe not American?), as it would relate to how we handle data.

Also add 1 HDD = 1 TO