• ji17br@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Mbps = Mb/s = Megabits per second.

    MBps = MB/s = Megabytes per second.

    The p is just the /. It’s the capital or lowercase B that makes the difference.

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        8 months ago

        As a computer engineer, I had better know. And don’t get me started on MiB vs MB

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            kB = kilobytes = 1000 bytes

            MB = megabytes = 1000 kB

            kiB = kibibytes = 1024 bytes

            MiB = mibibytes = 1024 kiB

            Generally on hard drive/ssd capacity it will be listed in GiB (Gibibytes). This is the reason a 1 Terabyte drive is actually something like 931 GB showing in your system. Because your system uses GiB and the manufacturer uses GB.

            1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes

            1GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes

            1 GB =~ 0.931 GiB

            Edit: I had it backwards, it is fixed now

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              8 months ago

              You messed it up, actually - it’s the bi units that are 1024

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                  8 months ago

                  Understandable, and I’m really sorry to have to do this to you… But it’s mebibyte, not mibibyte ;D

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                    You know, when I typed it out it seemed wrong. I then proceeded to be lazy and do absolutely nothing to verify. I’m leaving it, I deserve to be ridiculed at this point.