Opened 15 years ago
Last modified 10 years ago
#5378 closed bug
Update Obsolete units (KB, MB, GB) to new standards (KiB, MiB, GiB) — at Version 3
Reported by: | damoklas | Owned by: | stippi |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | R1 |
Component: | User Interface | Version: | R1/Development |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
Platform: | All |
Description (last modified by )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte
The following two quotes are from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541-2002
"While the International System of Units (SI) defines multiples based on powers of ten (like k = 103, M = 106, etc.), a different definition is sometimes used in computing, based on powers of two (like k = 210, M = 220, etc.) This is due to the use of binary addressing for computer memory locations."
"IEEE 1541 recommends:
- a set of units to refer to quantities used in digital electronics and computing:
- bit (symbol 'b'), a binary digit;
- byte (symbol 'B'), a set of adjacent bits (usually, but not necessarily, eight) operated on as a group;
- octet (symbol 'o'), a group of eight bits;
- a set of prefixes to indicate binary multiples of the aforesaid units:
- kibi (symbol 'Ki'), 2<sup>10</sup> = {{gaps|1|024}};
- mebi (symbol 'Mi'), 2<sup>20</sup> = {{gaps|1|048|576}};
- gibi (symbol 'Gi'), 2<sup>30</sup> = {{gaps|1|073|741|824}};
- tebi (symbol 'Ti'), 2<sup>40</sup> = {{gaps|1|099|511|627|776}};
- pebi (symbol 'Pi'), 2<sup>50</sup> = {{gaps|1|125|899|906|842|624}};
- exbi (symbol 'Ei'), 2<sup>60</sup> = {{gaps|1|152|921|504|606|846|976}};
- that the first part of the binary prefix is pronounced as the analogous SI prefix, and the second part is pronounced as bee;
- that SI prefixes are not used to indicate binary multiples."
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
Component: | - General → User Interface |
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Owner: | changed from | to
comment:2 by , 15 years ago
comment:3 by , 14 years ago
Description: | modified (diff) |
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Summary: | Obsolete units in Haiku → Update Obsolete units (KB, MB, GB) to new standards (KiB, MiB, GiB) |
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Tracker, Installer and DriveSetup are fixed in hrev35935. There are probably more apps which need to be updated.