Convert data category from SI decimal (1000) to IEC binary (1024) units

[Copilot]

Plan: Update Data Category to Binary (IEC) Units

• Understand the current implementation (SI/decimal units: KB = 1000 bytes)
• Update conversion formulas in polyconvert.coffee to use binary units (KiB = 1024 bytes)
  • Update bit conversions to use 1024-based multipliers
  • Update byte conversions to use 1024-based multipliers
  • Update kilobyte to kibibyte conversions
  • Update megabyte to mebibyte conversions
  • Update gigabyte to gibibyte conversions
  • Update terabyte to tebibyte conversions
  • Update petabyte to pebibyte conversions
  • Update exabyte to exbibyte conversions
  • Update zettabyte to zebibyte conversions
  • Update yottabyte to yobibyte conversions
• Update validation tests to expect binary values
• Update README.md documentation to reflect binary units
• Compile CoffeeScript to JavaScript
• Run tests to verify changes (all 2220 tests passing)
• Optimize with pre-computed constants for better performance
• Final code review and address feedback
• Update README examples to showcase binary conversions
• Use power notation for better readability
• Complete

Original prompt

Can we update the data category to use binary (IEC) units instead of decimal (SI) units?

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[jgphilpott]

@copilot what about this section of the README dosn't it need to be updates as well?

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So, to use these functions, reference them through the polyconvert object and pass in the value you want to convert, like this:

polyconvert.data.bit.byte(100) // Returns 12.5 meaning that 100 bits equals 12.5 bytes

To reverse the conversion simply switch the order of the unit keys, like this:

polyconvert.data.byte.bit(12.5) // Returns 100 meaning that 12.5 bytes equals 100 bits

[Copilot]

@copilot what about this section of the README dosn't it need to be updates as well?

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You're absolutely right! Updated the examples to showcase the binary unit conversions (1 KiB = 1024 bytes) instead of bit/byte conversions. This better demonstrates the key change in this PR. Commit: 87f5378

[jgphilpott]

@copilot in both the README and the polyconvert.coffee files, instead of doing 1024*1024*1024 ... can we use power notation like 1024**2 or 1024**3. This is cleaner and easier to read.

[Copilot]

@copilot in both the README and the polyconvert.coffee files, instead of doing 1024*1024*1024 ... can we use power notation like 1024**2 or 1024**3. This is cleaner and easier to read.

Updated both files to use power notation (**). Changed all instances of repeated multiplication (e.g., 1024*1024*1024) to cleaner power notation (e.g., 1024**3). All tests passing. Commit: 2228695