Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:29:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp i4b.c Message-ID: <200008162029.QAA59354@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200008162017.NAA15442@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <200008161633.KAA05164@harmony.village.org> <200008162017.NAA15442@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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<<On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 13:17:01 -0700 (PDT), "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> said: > Actually it isn't the telco types at all. The more normal use of these > things is that k/K and m/M are 1000 and 1000000 when you talking about ObNit: `k' is the symbol for the prefix `kilo' meaning 1000. `K' is meaningless (or, alternatively, it is the SI unit of temperature, the Kelvin). `m' is the symbol for the prefix `milli' meaning 1/1000. `M' is the symbol for the prefix `mega' meaning 1000000. A Major International Standards Organization (who would, of course, spell it `Organisation') has attempted to introduce a new symbology for power-of-two prefixes. This has been generally recognized as silly. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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