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== Comparison of binary and decimal prefixes == The relative difference between the values in the binary and decimal interpretations increases, when using the SI prefixes as the base, from 2.4% for kibi vs. kilo to nearly 27% for the quebi vs. quetta. {| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;" |- style="background:#ccf;" ! colspan="2" | Prefix ! colspan="2" | Binary Γ· Decimal ! colspan="2" | Decimal Γ· Binary |- id="binary vs decimal kilo-" | kilo || kibi | 1.024 (+2.4%) || class="nowrap" |<div style="display:inline-block;width:102.4px;background:#000"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.9766 (β2.3%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:97.7px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |- id="binary vs decimal mega-" | mega || mebi | 1.049 (+4.9%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:104.9px;background:#000;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.9537 (β4.6%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:95.4px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |- id="binary vs decimal giga-" | giga || gibi | 1.074 (+7.4%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:107.4px;background:#000;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.9313 (β6.9%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:93.1px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |- id="binary vs decimal tera-" | tera || tebi | 1.100 (+10.0%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:110.0px;background:#000;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.9095 (β9.1%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:90.9px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |- id="binary vs decimal peta-" | peta || pebi | 1.126 (+12.6%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:112.6px;background:#000;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.8882 (β11.2%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:88.8px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |- id="binary vs decimal exa-" | exa || exbi | 1.153 (+15.3%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:115.3px;background:#000;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.8674 (β13.3%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:86.7px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |- id="binary vs decimal zetta-" | zetta || zebi | 1.181 (+18.1%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:118.1px;background:#000;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.8470 (β15.3%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:84.7px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |- id="binary vs decimal yotta-" | yotta || yobi | 1.209 (+20.9%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:120.9px;background:#000;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.8272 (β17.3%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:82.7px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |- id="binary vs decimal yotta-" | ronna || robi | 1.238 (+23.8%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:123.8px;background:#000;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.8078 (β19.2%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:80.8px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |- id="binary vs decimal yotta-" | quetta || quebi | 1.268 (+26.8%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:126.8px;background:#000;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#666;"> </div></div> | 0.7889 (β21.1%) || class="nowrap" | <div style="display:inline-block;width:100px;background:#ccc;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:78.9px;background:#666;"> </div></div> |}
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