Re: On Binary Digits

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 15:58:47 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver wrote:

It may be considered that there is an impropriety in using a term
borrowed from decimal notation to indicate binary magnitudes.

Tell us about it. Look at the stubborn ones who still say “kilo” (K),
“mega” (M), “giga” (G), “tera” (T), ”peta” (P) etc when they mean “kibi”
(Ki), “mebi” (Mi), “gibi” (Gi), “tebi” (Ti), “pebi” (Pi) etc.

On the other hand, I once heard the name “kabillion” used for 2**30.