2026-07-03 12:58 UTC
πΈππ π€ π₯ππ πΈπ£πππππππ 'π€ πΈππππππ: Ever wondered why internet RFC docs avoid the word "byte"?
If you want to sound fabulously pompous, say, "Terms such as π£πΊπ΅π¦, πΈπ°π³π₯, π₯πΈπ°π³π₯, π΄π©π°π³π΅, ππ°π―π¨, and π²πΆπ’π₯πΈπ°π³π₯ don't have an obvious semantic or historical relationship with the number of binary digits (π£πͺπ΅π΄, for short) that they contain, and remain dangerously ambiguous to this day when calculating how much memory they need. So it's better to choose words and abbreviations that more clearly denote the size they take up in memory or in network packets."
If you want to keep it simple, say, "String quartet? 4 people. Quintet? 5 people. Octet? You know exactly how big the band is stright from the name, right? Same idea when you talk about an π°π€π΅π¦π΅ in computer memory. 8 π£πͺπ΅π΄ make an π°π€π΅π¦π΅. Done."
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