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SI and Binary Prefixes: Clearing the Confusion

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Considering the emergence of non-standard acceptance of SI prefixes.

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                    cover image Communications of the ACM
                    Communications of the ACM  Volume 66, Issue 8
                    August 2023
                    106 pages
                    ISSN:0001-0782
                    EISSN:1557-7317
                    DOI:10.1145/3610954
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                    • James Larus
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