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KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory? (lemm.ee)
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[–] uis@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

Words (4:1 reduction)

Word is imperial unit. Like one british gallon is not equal to one us gallon, one x86 word is not equal one ARM word.