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Mouse, Mouses, Mice.
bishmasterb:
I think this thread demonstrates the fact that computer "professionals" should not be deciding English grammar.
patrickl:
The only grammar error in computer terminology that annoys the hell out of me is the kilo (1000) vs kibi (1024) confusion. Whoever decided to take 1024 as the value for "kilo" should be fed to the "mouses".
dmworking247:
I'm going to (partially) back protokatie up here..
I've always understood the 'correct' plural for a computer 'mouse' is mouses. I cannot remember the source, but it was late 80s/early 90s when I was corrected several times about this.
protokatie, out of interest... what country are you from? Perhaps its a US/non-US thing?
Even though I recall 'mouses' being correct, I actually think its stupid and to this day 'mice' seems to come more naturally.
Also I wouldn't judge any 'correct' grammar based on 'what kids say today'... I've lost count of how many words have been mutilated the last and current generation of teenagers. Don't get me started on my daughters language.
Samstag:
--- Quote from: patrickl on June 22, 2008, 05:06:23 pm ---The only grammar error in computer terminology that annoys the hell out of me is the kilo (1000) vs kibi (1024) confusion. Whoever decided to take 1024 as the value for "kilo" should be fed to the "mouses".
--- End quote ---
There's an official clarification to put this argument to rest:
protokatie:
--- Quote from: patrickl on June 22, 2008, 05:06:23 pm ---The only grammar error in computer terminology that annoys the hell out of me is the kilo (1000) vs kibi (1024) confusion. Whoever decided to take 1024 as the value for "kilo" should be fed to the "mouses".
--- End quote ---
Patrick, to be quite fair; back in the olde days of ye olde computer, 1024 bytes was a lot of memory. 1024 = 2^10, and since it was close to 1000, they decided to use conventional base 10 (Ten, not two, which is 10 in binary) prefixes for the number.
I am personally a promoter in the "Kilo = 1024" rule for computers. I can think numbers in binary, so it makes sense to me.
The problem I have is with storage, where they use 1000 instead of 1024. So my 80 GB HD doesnt have as much space as I expect because they define a Kilobyte as 1024 bytes, but define a megabyte as 1000*1024 bytes (A GB to them is 1000*1000*1024 bytes, as opposed to 1024*1024*1024 bytes). I wrote my first lines of code as a kid in the 80's. I expect Kilo (with respect to computers) to be 1024.
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