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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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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



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