User talk:Blankzilch
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IEC units[edit]
Hi, per WP:COMPUNITS, we do not use IEC units except in very specific situations:
The IEC prefixes kibi- (symbol Ki), mebi- (Mi), gibi- (Gi), etc., are generally not to be used except:[a]
- when the majority of cited sources on the article topic use IEC prefixes;
- in a direct quote using the IEC prefixes;
- when explicitly discussing the IEC prefixes; or
- in articles in which both types of prefix are used with neither clearly primary, or in which converting all quantities to one or the other type would be misleading or lose necessary precision, or declaring the actual meaning of a unit on each use would be impractical.
- ^ Wikipedia follows common practice regarding bytes and other data traditionally quantified using binary prefixes (e.g. mega- and kilo-, meaning 220 and 210 respectively) and their unit symbols (e.g. MB and KB) for RAM and decimal prefixes for most other uses. Despite the IEC's 1998 international standard creating several new binary prefixes (e.g. mebi-, kibi-, etc.) to distinguish the meaning of the decimal SI prefixes (e.g. mega- and kilo-, meaning 106 and 103 respectively) from the binary ones, and the subsequent incorporation of these IEC prefixes into the ISO/IEC 80000, consensus on Wikipedia in computing-related contexts favours the retention of the more familiar but ambiguous units KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB, etc. over use of unambiguous IEC binary prefixes.
If you have any questions, let me know. —Locke Cole • t • c 23:01, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Locke Cole: I see. I am new here, so I didn't know that. But then, to be closer to 232, "4.29 GB" or "4.3 GB" would have to be used, or maybe "approximately 4 GB" or "about 4 GB". But I don't mind. Indeed, for an average reader, simply "4 GB" might just be fine. Blankzilch (talk) 23:28, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
- It's OK, and no need to adjust values, we use KB, MB, GB, TB, etc. with their binary meaning (that is, where we'd use KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, etc). It seems like a number of articles have drifted towards IEC prefixes likely because people feel they're making a fix, but in truth, even without WP:COMPUNITS, we use what our sources use, and most technical documentation and media still use the older/incorrect prefixes. —Locke Cole • t • c 23:33, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
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