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Comment by Flimm

19 days ago

Uppercase "B" stands for byte, and lowercase "b" stands for bit. But it's very common for people to miss the distinction, sadly, even professionals are sloppy.

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Thrymr  19 days ago

The bit/byte ambiguity annoys me in real life far more than the 1000/1024 ambiguity.

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