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donnemartin
nit: Powers of two or powers of ten?
From the article:
Power Exact Value Approx Value Bytes
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7 128
8 256
10 1024 1 thousand 1 KB
16 65,536 64 KB
20 1,048,576 1 million 1 MB
30 1,073,741,824 1 billion 1 GB
32 4,294,967,296 4 GB
40 1,099,511,627,776 1 trillion 1 TB
GB is intended to mean 10^9 bytes. GiB is the proper unit for 2^30 bytes.
Source, google: 1 GB: https://www.google.com/search?q=1+GB&sxsrf=ALeKk03OI5X-KAe6bmGsX0EiWQh0mSdA5w%3A1629669151552&ei=H8ciYfidIdq80PEP3bGtkA8&oq=1+GB&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIICAAQgAQQsQMyBQgAEIAEMgsILhCABBDHARCvATIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEOg4IABCxAxCDARCwAxCRAjoICAAQsAMQkQI6CQgAELADEAcQHjoICAAQgAQQsAM6BwgjEOoCECc6BAgjECc6BAgAEEM6BAguEENKBAhBGAFQ2eUDWKrsA2C47QNoAnAAeACAAbUCiAHtBZIBBzAuMy4wLjGYAQCgAQGwAQrIAQrAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwi4qYTXzsXyAhVaHjQIHd1YC_IQ4dUDCA4&uact=5 1 GiB: https://www.google.com/search?q=1+GiB&sxsrf=ALeKk01fSgrU9uJQxWJAB06xNoH5e6xr0Q%3A1629669215711&ei=X8ciYaDuKqe40PEP1b-OsA0&oq=1+GiB&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBAgjECcyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEOgcIABBHELADOhEIABCwAxCKAxC3AxDUAxDlAkoECEEYAFChEFihEGDfEmgBcAJ4AIABmAKIAbQDkgEFMC4xLjGYAQCgAQHIAQrAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwjgmdD1zsXyAhUnHDQIHdWfA9YQ4dUDCA4&uact=5
Your chart is based on powers of 2. I have seen GB more commonly so I suppose that may be better, although a power of 2 is more closely matched with bits.
