Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2001 15:23:40 -0500 | From | "Eric S. Raymond" <> | Subject | Re: Configure.help editorial policy |
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Reid Hekman <reid.hekman@ndsu.nodak.edu>: > Perhaps if we could be so bold as to back Donald Knuth's KKB,MMB,GGB > proposal (of which I learned here: > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-3.html ).
Hm. Attractive, but it doesn't have an ISO standard behind it.
> Whatever we do with the abbreviations, I would strongly recommend we > spell out documention to help educate ( and ease the transition if we > switch terms) wherever possible. For example: > > 4 binary kilobyte pages > 1024 decimal kilobyte disk > 8.4 decimal gigabyte disks > 4 binary gigabytes of memory > 10 decimal gigabits of bandwith > > or if that offends the sensibilities: > > 4 kilobytes (binary) > 1024 kilobytes (decimal) > 8.4 gigabytes (decimal) > > I know that they are long on keystrokes, but in lieu of an accepted and > aesthetically pleasing standard, they are clear and unambiguous.
Good idea. I will make appropriate changes. -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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