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I say

"jig a bite"
3 (12.5%)
"gig a bite"
21 (87.5%)

Total Members Voted: 24

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Boo Dudley

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« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2009, 11:34:04 AM »

ShadowBrain

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« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2009, 03:40:47 PM »
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BP

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« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2009, 06:08:25 PM »
I've been pronouncing it wrong? I had no idea. May I vote for the correct pronunciation if I will now start saying it right?
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dc804

« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2009, 10:39:17 PM »
Quote from: Chupperson Weird on February 15, 2009, 10:29:40 AM
The "correct" pronunciation of GIF is "jif" according to its creators. I don't use the correct pronunciation.
Me either. And I say "gig a bite". But "jig a bite" sounds sexy.
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Rao

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« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2009, 01:32:26 AM »
I don't pronounce GIF as "jif," and I plan never to do so. The same goes for "gigabyte."
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Sqrt2

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« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2009, 03:19:44 AM »
Quote from: Luigison on February 15, 2009, 08:58:06 AM
I don't care how anybody pronounces it.  I think it's much more important to know what is meant by the prefix "giga-".  Does it mean 1,073,741,824 or 1,024,000,000?  I guess that depends on if you are using computers or selling them.  Or does it simply mean 10 to the 9th power?

Computers are based on the binary system. Therefore, a gigabyte is 29 bytes.

Oh, and I pronounce it gig-a-bite, by the way.
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Eclipsed Moon

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« Reply #21 on: February 24, 2009, 04:14:12 AM »
29 bytes would be half a kibibyte.  230 (= 1,0243 for how the units are divided) bytes is a gibibyte, and 109 bytes is a gigabyte.  I use these when I feel I need to be unambiguous, but most of the time I'll use "gigabyte" for either.  I wouldn't define it as 1,024,000,000 in any case, as that would be 1,024 megabytes as opposed to mebibytes, mixing SI and binary prefixes;106×210 bytes.

EDIT: parenthetical statement placed next to wrong number.  Oops for math.
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