Messages in this thread | | | From | Timothy Covell <> | Subject | Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help. | Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:00:54 -0600 |
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On Thursday 20 December 2001 12:47, Michael Dunsky wrote: > Hi! > > You are close - he uses "MiB" as short for "mebi" - Mega-binary. > Don't laugh - this is official! It's exactly for what you said: > > What is 1 MB? > 1.000.000 Byte > or > 1.048.576 Byte > > > For a short reading I recommend this: > > http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html > > > ciao
Tebi or not Tebi? That is the question. Mebi this is a good idea, but I doubt it. How many understand people (Americans at least) understand SI units before this change?? I say, gibe a break!
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