Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 12:28:25 +1100 From: Michael Wardle <michael.wardle@adacel.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inconsistent use of data units Message-ID: <3C744D39.1020308@adacel.com> References: <3C743707.3080505@adacel.com> <20020221003116.GA11893@hades.hell.gr>
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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. -- MICHAEL WARDLE | WORK +61-2-6024-2699 SGI Desktop & Admin Software | MOBILE +61-415-439-838 Adacel Technologies Limited | WEB http://www.adacel.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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