From owner-cvs-all Fri Oct 30 07:33:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA21556 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:33:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA21548; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:33:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from harmony [10.0.0.6] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #1) id 0zZGXe-0007cf-00; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:32:46 -0700 Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.1/8.8.3) with ESMTP id IAA21575; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:32:37 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199810301532.IAA21575@harmony.village.org> To: "Evan Champion" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa wcd.c Cc: "Luigi Rizzo" , "Peter Wemm" , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:33:34 EST." <003201be0409$e4d602c0$c9252fce@cello.concer.to> References: <003201be0409$e4d602c0$c9252fce@cello.concer.to> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:32:37 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <003201be0409$e4d602c0$c9252fce@cello.concer.to> "Evan Champion" writes: : The correct SI prefix for kilo is 'k', so therefore it should be kb/s for : kilobits per second, and kB/s for kilobytes per second. : : Some people argue that a capital K should be used to denote a factor of 2^10 : instead of 10^3, but no one ever complains about the equally ambiguous (and : much worse in terms of error) mega ('M') and giga ('G') prefixes. Because : of this I tend to consider 'k' to be the correct prefix, either in base 2 or : 10. : : There is no prefix K in SI; the SI unit K is, of course, Kelvin. K is the prefix for 1024, not Kelvin. m == Milli as a prefix and m == meters as a unit of measure. This is a common extnetion to SI that goes back at least 30 years. k is the SI unit for 10^3. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message