Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:42:26 -0800 | From | Randolph Bentson <> | Subject | Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help. |
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On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 06:16:24PM +0000, Matt Bernstein wrote: > I believe that the main purpose of documentation, help etc is to get the > information across in a way that is most easily understood, ie that > minimises the number of support questions.. ..and everyone surely knows > what GB, MB and KB stand for. So let's leave it at that. Where's the "i" > in "megabyte" ? Or is 1MiB 1000000 bytes, rather than 1048576? > > It's confusing enough with the 10 "Mb" networking / 1.44 "MB" floppy > distinction already..
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you. Not enough people know that KB stands for 1000B. I know through experience that KB is often used for 1024B. The introduction of KiB makes it clear that 1024B is intended.
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