Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Dec 2001 07:53:43 -0500 | From | Jeff Mcadams <> | Subject | Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.hel p. |
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Also sprach Mikael Abrahamsson >On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 ncw@axis.demon.co.uk wrote: >> Actually a 1 Mb/s connection is 1024000 bits/second (ie not 1000000 >> or 1048576 bits/second).
>But gigabit ethernet is clocked at 1.25GHz with 8b10-encoding, meaning >you'll get literally 1.000.000.000 bits/second over that line. As far >as I know this is true for all kinds of ethernet.
>Basically, it's only when it comes to memory terms that we use 1024 as >a base.
Again..."Uhm...no."
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