From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Feb 20 18:54: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A0BF37B400 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:53:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdn-ar-007dcwashp195.dialsprint.net ([63.178.91.107] helo=moo.holy.cow) by avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16djKu-0002qm-00; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:51:56 -0800 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9BBC150B87; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:53:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:53:58 -0500 From: parv To: Michael Wardle Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , Wouter Van Hemel , doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inconsistent use of data units Message-ID: <20020221025358.GB2678@moo.holy.cow> References: <3C743707.3080505@adacel.com> <20020221003116.GA11893@hades.hell.gr> <3C744D39.1020308@adacel.com> <1014256250.304.66.camel@cocaine> <3C745639.8080509@adacel.com> <20020221022225.GA12900@hades.hell.gr> <3C745D8B.9090808@adacel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C745D8B.9090808@adacel.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org in message <3C745D8B.9090808@adacel.com>, wrote Michael Wardle thusly... > > Despite there being some disagreement with what the prefixes (K, M, ...) > are, (byte = "B") and (bit = "b") are the most used notations. In this > light, I would suggest "Kb" and "Mb" for kilobyte and megabyte in your > notation. "b" for "byte"? are you mad? even 'B' & 'bit' example given earlier is saner. i don't have problem using either 'k' or 'K' for representing 'kilo' (1024). i have seen/used 'k' for 'kilo' but haven't seen any usage 'm' for 'mega' only 'M'. (note to self: having said that, i feel very odd that i had used 'k' instead of 'K' while using 'M' for 'mega'. so, to be self consistent, i will use 'K' instead henceforth.) and ... unless noted otherwise, in computer context, i do not ever assume 'kilo' to represent 1000 number, only 1024. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message