BmeBenji to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-squaremessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down127
arrow-up1375arrow-down1message-squareKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?BmeBenji to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square198fedilink
minus-squaregrozzlelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 months agoIBM standard cards are one 48th of a barleycorn thick. I believe IBM measured from the 1932 Iowa Reference Barleycorn, now kept in the vault inside Mt Rushmore.
IBM standard cards are one 48th of a barleycorn thick. I believe IBM measured from the 1932 Iowa Reference Barleycorn, now kept in the vault inside Mt Rushmore.