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When units look almost the same

A few small labels can make a large difference.

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A megabyte (MB) contains one million bytes. A mebibyte (MiB) contains 1,048,576 bytes. A bit is one eighth of a byte, so a 20 megabit/second connection would ideally transfer a 100 MB file in 40 seconds before overhead.

US and Imperial gallons are different volumes. Our volume converter names each explicitly. Cooking cups also differ by regional convention. A mass-to-volume conversion additionally needs density and cannot assume every ingredient behaves like water.

Absolute temperatures include an offset. Zero Celsius is 32 Fahrenheit. Differences do not: a 10 Celsius increase is an 18 Fahrenheit increase. Use the interval tool for changes and the temperature converter for measurements.

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