Date: 21 Feb 2002 02:50:50 +0100 From: Wouter Van Hemel <wouter@pair.com> To: Michael Wardle <michael.wardle@adacel.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inconsistent use of data units Message-ID: <1014256250.304.66.camel@cocaine> In-Reply-To: <3C744D39.1020308@adacel.com> References: <3C743707.3080505@adacel.com> <20020221003116.GA11893@hades.hell.gr> <3C744D39.1020308@adacel.com>
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On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 02:28, Michael Wardle wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > On 2002-02-21 10:53, Michael Wardle wrote: > > > >>Hi. > >> > >>There is a standard on how to represent data sizes here: > >>http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html > >> > >>I suggest that the document is updated to consistently use this standard. > >> > > > > Reading that page, all I have to say is "NO. Good grief, no." > > Mebibit ? Kibibit ? Ye gods. > > Yes, short for binary megabyte and binary kilobyte. Call them the full > name if you can't get your tongue around the sort versions. > > > I would probably prefer it if we consistently used KB for Kilobyte(s), > > and MB for Megabytes, but having different symbols for units that are > > multiples of 1024 and other symbols/contractions for multiples of 1000! > > No, please no. > > Like it or not, 1000 bytes != 1024 bytes. KB (or preferably kB) means > 1000 bytes, and that's not the units we usually talk about. > So you think this would make things _less_ confusing... Interesting. If we consistently use kb and mb (_with_ space...), and mention somewhere that all units are powers of 2, wouldn't that settle it... Kind regards, wouter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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