Units of data transmision used in panel applet

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Bret,

On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 21:31, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:

> That led me to wonder; does the MiB refer to MegaBytes, as 1,000 x
> 1,000, like Mega gram, or Mega metre, or, does it refer to MegaBytes,
> as 1024 x 1024, and, similarly, does the KiB refer to KiloBytes, as
> 1,000 bytes, like kilometre and kilotonne, or, does it refer to
> kilobytes, as 1024 bytes?
>
> I have not previously been aware of the use of MiB and KiB, and, I an
> unsure as to which value, each refers.
>

I believe that MB = 1,000,000 bytes and MiB = 1,048,576 bytes. Basically a
"MiB" is 2^10 bytes.

KiB, MiB, GiB, etc, all are two to the power of some integer.

There is a Wikipedia page on it, which has much more authority on it than I
have:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte#Multiple-byte_units

HTH,


Ian

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