ShehanPerera@sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoThe Units of Measuring Digital Informationdomesticatedbrain.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaredouglasg14b@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThis is a pretty disappointing and anemic article. I thought this was going to dive into some of the practical pragmatic and scientific ways to measure information. This is quite literally “What is a bit and a byte” 🫤
minus-squarestravanasu@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoNot only that, it also gets it partly wrong. According to the International Standard Organization, the unit of information is the shannon (Sh), while bit is the unit for storage.
minus-squarecyberdecker@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere’s more ads on that page than content too. I can’t tell if there a hidden joke here or what.
This is a pretty disappointing and anemic article.
I thought this was going to dive into some of the practical pragmatic and scientific ways to measure information.
This is quite literally “What is a bit and a byte” 🫤
Not only that, it also gets it partly wrong. According to the International Standard Organization, the unit of information is the shannon (Sh), while bit is the unit for storage.
There’s more ads on that page than content too. I can’t tell if there a hidden joke here or what.