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by wlesieutre 3445 days ago
Or inside of the software world, for that matter.
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Huh? 1024^4 is how Windows defines a terabyte, accordingly that's what most people think a terabyte is. OS X was the first OS to switch to 1000^4 with Snow Leopard (2009). Different Linux system tools use either standard.
Referring the abbreviation of "TiB" versus "TB" for 1024^4.