Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:12:40 +0100 | From | Wilfried Weissmann <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.hel p. |
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[snip] David Weinehall wrote:
>>>(no, i'm not arguin, i don't particularly care. but i'm >>>pointing out that some people have completely firmly set >>>definitions and some other people also have firm definitions >>>and neither will agree the other's right. MiB is the international >>>standard for a 2^10 B(yte) specification. so if you mean >>>2^10 bytes, you mean MiB, not MB, even if you don't like it :) >>> >>This "international" standard seems to have excluded a few countries. >>It wasn't until it was SET that I even heard of its existance. (And >>then only through SLASHDOT!) >> >>Everyone I know has been using KB/MB/GB for 1024 forever. The *only* >>exception is networking, and the occasional FLASH/ROM size. The latter >>isn't very common discussion, and among those that it is, they'd know >>what the other was talking about. For the former, I can distinguish >>easily depending on who it is. >> >>Someone without a lot of experience: I have a 1MB connection. (this >>user has a 1 Megabit connection) >> >>Someone with experience: I have a 1mb/Mb connection. (This person has a >>1 megabit connection has used a "standard" abbreviation.) >> > > You have a 1 millibit per Megabit connection?!?!
Yeah, she/he uses compression! *ROFL* Sorry, couldn't resist! :)))
bye, Wilfried
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