nice article. will take some time to absorb!
But in the table of that article there's a difference between "word
size" and instruction size. Sizes differ.
e.g. in the first row. And lots of other rows
Most obviously with the command prompt Dir
Those are both still using a multiplier.
Decimal.
If there is no binary organisation in data comms, howcome the numbers
512 and 256 occur as standard speeds?
Regarding the term decimal prefix and binary prefix.
I just found this article that discusses the 2^x and 10^x prefixes
Now I realise that binary prefix and decimal prefix are official
names.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
It seems to me that it's not that the prefix is in binary. But it's
just officially named "binary prefix" because the prefix is "based on"
multiples of 2.
It talks about those that "abuse SI prefixes ..using them..in ***a
binary sense*** ".
What they have named/titled "decimal prefix" and "binary prefix",
(just) means "prefix for decimal multiples", and "prefix for binary
multiples" respectively.
http://www.iec.ch/zone/si/si_bytes.htm
So, It doesn't mean it's in the binary or decimal number system.
The 2^x prefix or as it is named "the binary prefix", is not 1s and
0s. The reason for it being called binary prefix is given. In all
their explanations, they don't say it's named that way because it's in
the binary number system. Not suprising, since it isn't in the binary
number system!