Change of units from bites to bytes - is it possible on Windows 10? #18939
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[I have been using uTorrent for the longest time but after yet another issue with it it would be stupid for me to keep using it] I went through settings but I have not found an option to change bites to bytes, e.g. MiB/s to MB/s. Hence my question: is it possible at all? [Bytes was what I was using in uTorrent and what I am using throughout my other programs] I am using qBittorrent 4.5.2 x64 (LibTorrent 2.0.x - Qt6) on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 x64 |
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This does not answer my question if it possible to switch within qBittorent to other prefixes |
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It would if you read it. There are no other prefixes and certainly no "bites". Everything (that i know of) actually uses kibibytes, mebibytes etc. including utorrent except they call them kilobytes megabytes etc. So no there isn't and there won't be such an option because these are the objectively correct prefixes. |
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Well not every one is a native English speaker and not every one has a mind capable of understanding math talk And now I am even more confused that before: should I in regards of qBittorrent be using https://www.gbmb.org/kib-to-mb instead of https://www.gbmb.org/kb-to-mb and / or https://www.gbmb.org/kbit-to-mb when trying to relate to the measurements used to / described as 1.44 MB 3.5" high density floppy disk? |
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One literal Kilobyte would be 1000 bytes but no one uses that so just assume everything is measured in base 2 (2ˣ) i.e. 1 KB = 1 KiB = 1024 bytes. Before the introduction of kibibytes etc. they were called kilobytes but they still referred to 1024 bytes but in SI a kilo means 1000. They introduced the IEC prefixes to dispel any ambiguity. Unfortunately they aren't widely adopted. |
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I think this is the main reason for confusion This is the first program in which I have encountered usage of them Thank you for your help |
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One literal Kilobyte would be 1000 bytes but no one uses that so just assume everything is measured in base 2 (2ˣ) i.e. 1 KB = 1 KiB = 1024 bytes.
Hard disk manufacturers intentionally use literal gigabytes to deceively inflate the actual capacity of their disks e.g. They advertise 1 TB drive when in reality it's actually 931 GiB. Just accept that drives have less capacity than advertised and never think about literal gigabytes again.
Before the introduction of kibibytes etc. they were called kilobytes but they still referred to 1024 bytes but in SI a kilo means 1000. They introduced the IEC prefixes to dispel any ambiguity. Unfortunately they aren't widely adopted.