Editing Talk:Multi-level cell (section)

== Explanation please ==

I don't understand why TLC is called TLC.
*SLC stores 1 bit so it has 1 level:
    Below that level means 0 and above means 1.

*2 Bit MLC stores 2 bit so it has 3 levels: 
    Below level 1 means 00
    above level 1 and below level 2 means 01
    above level 2 and below level 3 means 10
    above level 3 means 11

*TLC stores 3 bit so it has 7 levels: 
    Below level 1 means 000
    above level 1 and below level 2 means 001
    above level 2 and below level 3 means 010
    above level 3 and below level 4 means 011
    above level 4 and below level 5 means 100
    above level 5 and below level 6 means 101
    above level 6 and below level 7 means 110
    above level 7 means 111

Notice that you have listed four states (which gives you two bits) and eight states (which gives you three bits in the examples above.  This is a common problem for non-computer people because 0 can be used for counting.  A mathematician would probably say it has to do with ordinal versus cardinal numbers. For TLC you say there are seven 
'levels' which might be more appropriate to call thresholds. If you draw a line an split it into 8 equal parts you will see there are seven dividing lines.  Those lines would correspond, very roughly, to the charge level on the cell.[[User:Ee79|Ee79]] ([[User talk:Ee79|talk]]) 20:47, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

'''Shouldn't it be called 7 level cell?'''  [[User:ForeverAlone174|ForeverAlone174]] ([[User talk:ForeverAlone174|talk]]) 09:32, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
: I don't get that naming choice either.<br>
:If it means "bit", why was it not just named "bit" ?<br>
:What if a cell can discriminate 2 thresholds = 3 values = 1.5 bits ? [[User:Musaran|Musaran]] ([[User talk:Musaran|talk]]) 11:28, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

::Names don't have to follow logic perfectly and they are often Marketing influenced. Besides, it has a benefit this way in that you will run out of single digit integers fast and have to make larger acronyms [[User:Fs|<b><span style="color:#336666;">f</span><span style="color:#339999;">s</span></b>]] 09:19, 30 November 2018 (UTC)