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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoExcept that’s like dividing by zero. A millibit is undefined. A bit is the smallest indivisible unit of digital information. But capitalization is important to distinguish between b for bit and B for Byte.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoNo, that’s like dividing by 1,000. Anyway, computer scientists split the bit back in 1969, which is how we’re able to make smaller and smaller computers: the bits are all smaller, so we can pack more into a single potato chip.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoInformation entropy is measured in bits, and the bits are almost always fractional.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoGood catch but not quite. bps is a rate so it is allowed to be an abstract expression. How many chickens per hour cross the road? And more importantly, why.
minus-squareKevinlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIf you had really slow Internet, like smoke signals or semaphores across a nation, you could characterize it as millibit: 1 bit over 1000 seconds = 1 millibit/s. But yeah, it’s basically meaningless in today’s age for Internet speeds.
Except that’s like dividing by zero. A millibit is undefined. A bit is the smallest indivisible unit of digital information.
But capitalization is important to distinguish between b for bit and B for Byte.
No, that’s like dividing by 1,000.
Anyway, computer scientists split the bit back in 1969, which is how we’re able to make smaller and smaller computers: the bits are all smaller, so we can pack more into a single potato chip.
Lol thanks for the chuckle
Information entropy is measured in bits, and the bits are almost always fractional.
Good catch but not quite. bps is a rate so it is allowed to be an abstract expression.
How many chickens per hour cross the road?
And more importantly, why.
If you had really slow Internet, like smoke signals or semaphores across a nation, you could characterize it as millibit:
1 bit over 1000 seconds = 1 millibit/s.
But yeah, it’s basically meaningless in today’s age for Internet speeds.