@thom.code: Why Doesn’t Advertised Storage Match Actual Storage Welcome to the MCS100 series, where I will explain 100 random topics in Math and Computer Science over 100 days. Today is Day x, and today’s topic is: Si Prefix vs Binary Prefix SI prefixes (kilo, mega) represent decimal powers of 10, used for standard measurement, while binary prefixes (kibi, mebi) represent powers of 2, primarily used for computing memory and data storage.

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fellfal
falafel :
weren't we promised 0.2 TB 3000 years ago?
2026-03-31 03:06:31
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lucadeakinmusic
lucadeakinmusic :
losing 200gb is crazy
2026-03-31 20:38:04
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dodge_challenger2021
Dodge Challenger 2021 :
0.2 tb equals one cod game thats a lot bro
2026-03-31 15:47:53
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scottgentley3
Scott Gentley :
Wait till you find the ones labeled Tb and not TB
2026-03-30 23:50:35
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aaa200_17
طبيبك السريع :
there was no 0.2 terabyte
2026-04-05 11:46:18
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mr_b_bob
Bob 🇪🇺 💚 :
I mean the manufacturer does use the correct unit. it's your operating system that shows GB where it actually means GiB
2026-03-30 21:57:20
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pgrobk8298
Patrick :
Ur telling me I got scammed by sig figs
2026-03-31 22:40:10
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rhysuk
Rhys 💯 :
I always lie to myself and say it’s the os lol
2026-03-30 23:32:59
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digital.300
digital2 :
why don’t they make them like 2.3terrabytes and market them and the whole 2terrabytes. maybe i’m too greedy… or..?
2026-04-01 03:15:22
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flexzii
Flexziiツ :
It's either a window thing or computer thing because the 2TB ssd does show all of them in my PS5
2026-03-31 09:40:24
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xenos18730
Xenos1873 :
MiB is Men In Black
2026-03-31 05:45:44
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afroronnin
₱@r!ç|‹° :
I've been robbed 😭
2026-03-30 16:36:15
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issjustmecameron
Cameron :
It's actually called 2 different things, a -bit suffix (kilobit, megabit, gigabit, etc.) is in increments of 1000, while a -byte suffix (kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, etc.) is in 1024 increments
2026-03-31 18:30:43
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.btwix
.G. :
This and TV measurements piss me off.
2026-04-01 15:17:15
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fazebuce
MoBAMBA :
1 Titibyte
2026-04-13 16:46:31
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lamous21.pt2
𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 :
They did not trick you. They advertised what they sold, because we are more exposed to the decimal; it's easier to understand. The binary system used by the computers only causes confusion, not deception. You still get the correct advertised amount. The two terabytes you paid for aka 2000 gigabytes is there, you just see it as tebibytes, not terabytes. It's still the same 2,000,000,000,000 bytes.
2026-04-02 17:42:46
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section.xxxi
Section 31 :
You lose 7%. Use the size you think you’re getting, multiply by 93% and you’ll see the size that you’re really getting.
2026-04-02 00:04:38
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_..__.negaraper300_..3rc
⃟ :
bro who on earth counts 1gb as 1000? ✌ its ALWAYS 1024
2026-04-01 10:45:43
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fatpenguin42
Fat Penguin :
They’re in TiB not TB
2026-03-31 14:17:47
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kat.poone
Kat 🌽 :
this video is lying..... 😂😂😂😂 if i didn't know I'd also fall for it
2026-03-30 23:57:38
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romansvitek
Roman Svitek :
Kibi ???? Did you mean kilobit and kilobyte ? 😂😂
2026-04-02 10:34:36
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hollowhylian
Hollow Melody :
but i want bite😢 i nom😭
2026-03-30 22:25:06
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brad_leclerc
Brad :
But bro that’s 200gb of mine😭🙏
2026-06-05 00:59:45
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midnight.testaments
Midnight Testaments :
You lost me
2026-05-28 12:46:59
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atmsizithehelper
Velemseni kababunkulunkulu :
make sense you just confused me more 🤷
2026-06-13 19:49:20
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