Learning that GB, Gb, Gib, and GiB are four completely different units of measurement (and they are not interchangeable in the slightest) fully ruined my life.
If you've ever seen internet or USB speeds written as "5 Gbps" and assumed that meant "five gigabytes per second," YOU'RE WRONG!
It means "five gigabits per second," which is equivalent to 0.625 gigabytes per second (written as 0.625 GB/s or 625 MB/s).
GB is Gigabyte. 1 GB = 1 GB Gb is Gigabit. 1 Gb = 0.125 GB (125 MB) Gib is Gibibit. 1 Gib = 0.134218 GB (134.218 MB) GiB is Gibibyte. 1 GiB = 1.07374 GB
Awful. Stupid. And the "Gi" prefix is not the only one. There are KiB, Tib, PB, Mb. You name it. They exist. Nightmare units, but at least they follow easy an conversion rule book and iron-clad naming scheme, so I guess things could be worse.
Whatever! It's fine, I guess!











