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edited to make clearer why it makes sense to ask this here, what kinds of answers are hoped for, and that this really is an attempt to solicit input from the Ask Ubuntu community (https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/52775769#52775769)
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Eliah Kagan
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I would like to understand why we preferedseem to prefer to use the bytebyte unit instead of octetoctet unit (because I used more commonly the octet unit at work, at home, ...). Please give as many

What are the reasons as possiblefor describing sizes in bytes, or for describing them in octets? Are there good reasons to prefer one over the other when writing and you can also give some good reasons to use the octet unit too.editing posts?

Here you can find few original posts that I already editedited, where OP explain data size / memory size using octet unit :

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I would like to understand why we prefered to use the byte unit instead of octet unit (because I used more commonly the octet unit at work, at home, ...). Please give as many reasons as possible, and you can also give some good reasons to use the octet unit too.

Here you can find few original posts that I already edit, where OP explain data size / memory size using octet unit :

NB : Answers given must described as much as possible each reason that why byte is prefered, with solid sources, this unit choice affect a lot the way I edit some new user post (and I don't that I'm alone in this case). Note that octet unit is explained as Mo, Go, ... where it's MB, GB, ... for byte unit.

P.S : I asked it previously on Ask Ubuntu General Room, but the question needs some search that is more suitable (and more adapt) to be ask here

I would like to understand why we seem to prefer to use the byte unit instead of octet unit (because I used more commonly the octet unit at work, at home, ...).

What are the reasons for describing sizes in bytes, or for describing them in octets? Are there good reasons to prefer one over the other when writing and editing posts?

Here you can find few original posts that I already edited, where OP explain data size / memory size using octet unit :

The most useful answers would describe, as best as possible, each reason to prefer bytes (if that is preferred). Solid sources would help very much, because this unit choice greatly affects how I edit new users' posts--and I don't think I'm alone in this. Often new users' posts contain incomplete or confusing units, and some decision has to be made about how to improve them.

Note that octet-based units are abbreviated as Mo, Go, while it's MB, GB, ... for byte-based unit.

(I asked it about this previously in the Ask Ubuntu General Room, but the question needs some research and is more suitable for meta.)

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damadam
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I would like to understand why we prefered to use the byte unit instead of octet unit (because I used more commonly the octet unit at work, at home, ...). Please give as many reasons as possible, and you can also give some good reasons to use the octet unit too.

Here you can find few original posts that I already edit, where OP explain data size / memory size using octet unit :

NB : Answers given must described as much as possible each reason that why byte is prefered, with solid sources, this unit choice affect a lot the way I edit some new user post (and I don't that I'm alone in this case). Note that octet unit is explained as Mo, Go, ... where it's MB, GB, ... for byte unit.

P.S : I asked it previously on Ask Ubuntu General Room, but the question needs some search that is more suitable (and more adapt) to be ask here

I would like to understand why we prefered to use the byte unit instead of octet unit (because I used more commonly the octet unit at work, at home, ...). Please give as many reasons as possible, and you can also give some good reasons to use the octet unit too.

NB : Answers given must described as much as possible each reason that why byte is prefered, with solid sources, this unit choice affect a lot the way I edit some new user post (and I don't that I'm alone in this case). Note that octet unit is explained as Mo, Go, ... where it's MB, GB, ... for byte unit.

P.S : I asked it previously on Ask Ubuntu General Room, but the question needs some search that is more suitable (and more adapt) to be ask here

I would like to understand why we prefered to use the byte unit instead of octet unit (because I used more commonly the octet unit at work, at home, ...). Please give as many reasons as possible, and you can also give some good reasons to use the octet unit too.

Here you can find few original posts that I already edit, where OP explain data size / memory size using octet unit :

NB : Answers given must described as much as possible each reason that why byte is prefered, with solid sources, this unit choice affect a lot the way I edit some new user post (and I don't that I'm alone in this case). Note that octet unit is explained as Mo, Go, ... where it's MB, GB, ... for byte unit.

P.S : I asked it previously on Ask Ubuntu General Room, but the question needs some search that is more suitable (and more adapt) to be ask here

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damadam
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Why do we used byte instead of octet as data size unit?

I would like to understand why we prefered to use the byte unit instead of octet unit (because I used more commonly the octet unit at work, at home, ...). Please give as many reasons as possible, and you can also give some good reasons to use the octet unit too.

NB : Answers given must described as much as possible each reason that why byte is prefered, with solid sources, this unit choice affect a lot the way I edit some new user post (and I don't that I'm alone in this case). Note that octet unit is explained as Mo, Go, ... where it's MB, GB, ... for byte unit.

P.S : I asked it previously on Ask Ubuntu General Room, but the question needs some search that is more suitable (and more adapt) to be ask here