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tomos:
Heh, confusing stuff... so the storage vendors using 10^(3n) system is why the 32GB microSDHC card I bought says on the packaging:

1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes-kyrathaba (September 22, 2012, 08:51 AM)
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that's a gigabit, isnt it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit

"The gigabit has the unit symbol Gbit or Gb"

kyrathaba:
that's a gigabit, isnt it?

The gigabit has the unit symbol Gbit or Gb

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The packaging text indicates GB, not Gb.

Here's a scan of the packaging text from the 32GB card (I've drawn attention to the area in question by circling it in red):

Is my pen-drive performing okay?

tomos:
that's a gigabit, isnt it?

The gigabit has the unit symbol Gbit or Gb

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The packaging text indicates GB, not

Here's a scan of the packaging text from the 32GB card (I've drawn attention to the area in question by circling it in red):
 (see attachment in previous post)
-kyrathaba (September 22, 2012, 09:04 AM)
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it would look like they're misleading us then? Which I suspect is common...

kyrathaba:
it would look like they're misleading us then?
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Either that, or they're like me, and just confused  ;D

f0dder:
it would look like they're misleading us then? Which I suspect is common...-tomos (September 22, 2012, 09:13 AM)
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It's been like that with storage vendors for many++ years. I've heard rumors that once upon a time, they used the 2^(10n) terms, but that's from a time I definitely can't remember (way before the mibibytes-style madness). And they can definitely use the SI excuse, where capital-G means 10^9.

Also, notice the "Go" in that picture? That's the wacky french - octets rather than bytes. BAGUETTE! CROISSANT! Lé hahaha!

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