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  1. enby. Retrotech. Demoscene. Programming. Drum & Bass DJ. Amiga Junglist. Autistic. Trans. Adult by circumstance, not by choice.

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in reply to @lynndrumm's post:

I read a specification from a customer just last week where all memory sizes where explicitly given in "Ko" (Kilo-octects) and "Mo" (Mega-octects)

Which is admittedly clearer than just writing "B" when dealing with raw flash/RAM/EEPROM chips, where it's still customary to specify sizes in bits rather than bytes for who knows whatever reason

This is, AFAIK, the way the French always write it. “B” and “b” for them both mean “bits”, which can accidentally cause an increase in confusion when a French speaker writes “32 KB” meaning “32 kilobits”, and an English speaker reads “32 kilobytes” because of the capitalization.

Oh absolutely! B/b is a classic example of that special sort of cheeky-clever that tech people love to employ to the confusion of everyone else. There's a reason the symbol for “miles” is “mi”, not “M”. (“Because M is bigger than m! Ho ho ho, we're so smart!”) I Hate it.