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deaddodo
5y ago
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What do you mean? Networking is definitely done in binary standards. Your router/switch/NIC is almost definitely rated in a bitrate standard.
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qeternity
5y ago
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Bitrates are base 10...
protomyth
5y ago
Yep. Communication is its own confusing world given the odd packet sizes. Look up a jumbo frame discussion and reading it efficiently into pages of memory for a bit of a head bender.
AnIdiotOnTheNet
5y ago
IEEE units are base 10. 10Gb/s is 10,000,000,000 bits per second.
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