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The binary units like GiB, TiB, are technically supposed to be Gibibytes and Tebibytes. Thought it was a bit silly when they first popped up but now I find them adorkably endearing, and a good way to disambiguate something that's often left vague at your expense.


In my experience, nobody actually says "Tebibytes" out loud; it's just that silly. In writing, when the precision is necessary, the abbreviation "TiB" does see some actual use.


If that's the unit, I am saying it, but yes - everyone gives me weird looks every time and just assumes I am mispronouncing terabytes but yet does not correct me.




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