[digikam] [Bug 374135] Storage capacity shows lower unit than actual capacity

Victor Engmark bugzilla_noreply at kde.org
Sun Dec 25 13:44:20 GMT 2016


https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374135

--- Comment #4 from Victor Engmark <victor.engmark at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #3)
> The way to display storage unit hurt me also, but this have been normalized
> by IEC in 1998 and adopted by open source world step by step.
> 
> Read well this wikipedia pages :
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte#Consumer_confusion
> 
> If the current storage capacity details respect the norm, this is the right
> way.

AFAICT these articles support my assertion that 1000-based units should be
used:

- IEC recommends 1000-based units: "1 MB = 1000000 bytes (= 10002 B = 106 B) is
the definition recommended by the International System of Units (SI) and the
International Electrotechnical Commission IEC.[2] This definition is used in
networking contexts and most storage media, particularly hard drives,
flash-based storage,[3] and DVDs […]"
- "Practically all manufacturers of hard disk drives and flash-memory disk
devices[3][4] continue to define one gigabyte as 1000 000 000 bytes, which is
displayed on the packaging."

While GiB is technically *accurate*, GB would therefore be *less confusing*.

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