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<<On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 23:49:30 -0700 (PDT), Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.org> said:

>     * ###MB -> ### MB
  
>     * ###MHz -> ### MHz
  
Note that, while the first forms shown are always wrong, the second
form shown is not necessarily right.

When used as a modifier (e.g., a ______ DIMM, a ______ CPU, etc.),
unit-carrying quantities should be hyphenated.

(I don't want to get into the Mi/Ki silliness here, but the style
guide should say clearly one way or the other.)

-GAWollman


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