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KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory? (lemm.ee)
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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Those are units of discrete quantity, so couple, dozen, score, gross, grand, etc.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-numerical_words_for_quantities

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fractional bits come up in non-deterministic situation, sometimes.

[–] Bene7rddso@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just use fractions, like with inches. ⅞

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

See, that's actually the one thing I really like about imperial. Binary subdivisions are good.