Make a note about "gigabyte" #29660
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| number comes from 2<sup>30</sup>, the number of bytes in a gigabyte. | ||
| number comes from 2<sup>30</sup>, the number of bytes in a gigabyte. [^gigabyte] | ||
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| [^gigabyte]: ‘Gigabyte’ can mean two things: 10^9, or 2^30. The SI standard resolved this by stating that ‘gigabyte’ is 10^9, and ‘gibibyte’ is 2^30. However, very few people use this terminology, and rely on context to differentiate. We follow in that tradition here. |
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this has to be one line for rustdoc to render it properly
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Fixes #28461