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0 pointsprotomyth5y ago0 comments

Sectors are 512bytes or 4096bytes and there are base-2 prefixes. Using base 10 in a base 2 world is consumer fraud and they only do it because they can deliver less.

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pseudalopex5y ago

Sectors come in other sizes.[1] And mega would mean million still if they didn't.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format

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