Does that hold up in practice though? Last I checked my USB drives and RAM bytes were not perfect powers of 2. One clear example that comes to mind is my GPU with approximately 12 GB of RAM. That's no power of 2.
These numbers being a power of two seems pretty important, important enough that we redefine words to match powers of 2. Then, when we look at the exact number of bytes, it's not a power of 2.
These numbers being a power of two seems pretty important, important enough that we redefine words to match powers of 2. Then, when we look at the exact number of bytes, it's not a power of 2.