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JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
Once in a meeting I asked what the acronym stood for and no one knew.
SomeMichGuy · M
@JimboSaturn I was in a meeting about the NSFNet and a colleague presented numbers in bps, but I asked and discovered she *meant* Bps...so the bps jumped by a factor of 2^3...
Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
@SomeMichGuy bits vs Bytes. Eight bits per Byte for those scratching your heads. Does anyone use octal anymore?
SomeMichGuy · M
@Tastyfrzz IDK DEC did, a while ago. lol