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SubjectRe: Configure.help editorial policy
rhw@MemAlpha.cx (Riley Williams)  wrote on 26.12.01 in <Pine.LNX.4.21.0112261718150.32161-100000@Consulate.UFP.CX>:

> Symbol Designation Number of Bytes
> ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> KiB Decimal Kilobyte 1,000
> KB Binary Kilobyte 1,024
>
> MiB Decimal Megabyte 1,000,000
> MB Binary Megabyte 1,048,576
>
> GiB Decimal Gigabyte 1,000,000,000
> GB Binary Gigabyte 1,073,741,824
>
> TiB Decimal Terabyte 1,000,000,000,000
> TB Binary Terabyte 1,099,511,627,776

Uh, that's all wrong. The "i" versions are *binary*, the non-"i" versions
are *decimal*. Completely backward.

MfG Kai
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