Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:50:00 +0700 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@regency.nsu.ru> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strtonum(3) in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20050416165000.GA69374@regency.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <13591.1113660644@bizet.nethelp.no> References: <4261185D.1060202@gamersimpact.com> <13591.1113660644@bizet.nethelp.no>
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On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 04:10:44PM +0200, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > K may so be 1024, but M may not, because M must be 1000000, > > > always. SI prefices are the same among all units. > > > > When talking about digital data storage K means times 2^10, M means > > times 2^20, G means 2^30 and T means 2^40. > > > > 1K = 1 * 2^10 bytes = 1024 bytes > > 1M = 1 * 2^20 bytes = 1048576 bytes > > 1G = 1 * 2^30 bytes = 1073741824 bytes > > The disk drive manufacturers seem to disagree with you. For instance > Seagate: > > http://www.seagate.com/products/discselect/glossary/index.html#cap > > "Most disc drive companies, including Seagate, calculate disc capacity > based on the assumption that 1 megabyte = 1000 kilobytes and 1 > gigabyte=1000 megabytes." So their drives look bigger than they really are. Duh! ./danfe
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