Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:53:58 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Michael Wardle <michael.wardle@adacel.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Wouter Van Hemel <wouter@pair.com>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inconsistent use of data units Message-ID: <20020221025358.GB2678@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <3C745D8B.9090808@adacel.com> 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>
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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
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