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But in the article, it says 3DS cartridges can hold "up to 8 GB" whereas the sidebar says "1-8 GiB." Which is the correct one? I think it can be misleading to those who dont look at the smaller details. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/99.250.215.43|99.250.215.43]] ([[User talk:99.250.215.43|talk]]) 00:56, 16 August 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
But in the article, it says 3DS cartridges can hold "up to 8 GB" whereas the sidebar says "1-8 GiB." Which is the correct one? I think it can be misleading to those who dont look at the smaller details. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/99.250.215.43|99.250.215.43]] ([[User talk:99.250.215.43|talk]]) 00:56, 16 August 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:"GiB" is "gibibytes", a pedant's way of specifying GB as 2^30 instead of 10^9 bytes. As memory chips, the first form is correct. The difference is really irrelevant, and hasn't taken off outside the world of abbreviation pedants, which is why you've never heard of it. For style and simplicity I'd stick to GB, which was good enough between the invention of computers and about 5 years ago. |
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But in the article, it says 3DS cartridges can hold "up to 8 GB" whereas the sidebar says "1-8 GiB." Which is the correct one? I think it can be misleading to those who dont look at the smaller details. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.215.43 (talk) 00:56, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
- "GiB" is "gibibytes", a pedant's way of specifying GB as 2^30 instead of 10^9 bytes. As memory chips, the first form is correct. The difference is really irrelevant, and hasn't taken off outside the world of abbreviation pedants, which is why you've never heard of it. For style and simplicity I'd stick to GB, which was good enough between the invention of computers and about 5 years ago.