"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?
"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?
"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?
I grew up with science classes telling us always state the digits individually. One point three two.
Math class taught me to be precise I should always say "1 and 32 hundredths Megabytes"
I don't think that's any more precise, just more verbose (read: inefficient).
One point three two. To me, thirty two is an integer.
The only way you could use 'thirty two' correctly for that number would be 'one and thirty two hundredths' which would be pretty unusual.
Agree. For things like semantic versioning, in which "1.20.1" and "1.2.1" are two different things, you want to pronounce them "one point twenty point one" and "one point two point one", respectively. But that is a bit of an outlier. File size should be pronounced "normally", because "1.20" and "1.2" are the same value.
The first one is correct as others have said, but the second one is not ambiguous enough to confuse anyone nor weird enough for anyone to bat an eye at, you're fine with either.
I'd say the second one is more correct, it sounds so weird pronouncing the digits singularly
I’d say the second one is more correct
In this case, it's not about what sounds good or personal opinion, there is a standard name for that number for a reason. If I go around calling 100 "one oh oh" or "tenty ten", it's clear what number I mean but I can't honestly call it more correct, because there's a standard English name for it.
To demonstrate a part of why it's clearer that way, put these numbers in ascending numerical order: (e.g. 1, 2, 3, ... )
Hopefully this clarifies that we're not actually dealing with a "thirty-two" when we're talking about 1.32 (edit: that said, when we're talking about version numbers, e.g. Linux kernel 4.20, which is greater than Linux kernel 4.9, then we'd say "four point twenty")
Ten-million-five-hundred-and-sixty-thousand bits.
I mostly heard it one point thirty two? Grew up in Sweden, living in France. If someone says one point three two I'd assume they're Americans.
I might be totally wrong, just stating what I have heard
No that's interesting, I was wondering if there was a cultural divide.
Thirty two sounds so alien to me, but I heard it in a Nerdstalgic video and wondered if it was an American thing
The first one
One point three two, or one three two if it's obvious from context where the decimal point is. That's how you're meant to pronounce digits after the decimal point in general.
The former.
"about a meg" because it's almost unthinkable anyone cares about 3 tenths of a meg much less 2 hundredths.
"about a meg" because it's almost unthinkable anyone cares about 3 tenths of a meg much less 2 hundredths.
Tell me you never used floppy discs as a storage medium without telling me.
I'd round up to one and a half. Also remove "bytes" and "bites". 1.32 MB is "one and a half megs" or even "a meg and a half"
Canada (Ontario) here. Was taught explicitly to say "point three two"
Jeden przecinek trzydziesci dwa
Neither.
It's pronounced: "one and thirty-two hundreths of a megabyte". Properly.
But idgaf how you pronounce it as long as I understand exactly what you're saying. Personally, "one point three two".
First question, and it’s important: Are you Doc Brown?
I'd say one point thirty-two. As others noted, much depends on geography.
Personally, I say the "actual" number up to 3 or 4 decimal places, with a lot of the reason depending on the specific context. If I had to asses, I'd say I say the "whole" number in over 50% of cases for 3 digits, and in about 10% for 4 digits. Anything over 4 decimal places and I fall back to individual digits.
Its pronounced 'About four thirds megabytes.'
Depending on the necessary precision it could be "a meg and change" 😁
Only time I can think of where the 32 of 1.32 could be said as thirty-two would be as a software version number
One point three two emm bee 😁
Either way
Either way but usually the former
Is that either way or either way?
The second you heathen.
Both depending on what I feel like saying.
Not quite one and a half megabytes. Otherwise, one point three two.
I’m gonna have to side against Doc Brown on this one, as much as it pains me to say.
just one-three-two, the point is implied
I was told a long time ago by a teacher that "there are no whole numbers after the comma". That is to say, one should say one-point-three-two, but not a lot of people I've met since care either way.
One point three two megs
One point thirty two
Usually the first unless you’re on radio then it’s preferred to read out numbers as each digit. “One decimal three two”
Usually one point three two