Messages in this thread | | | Date | 27 Dec 2001 13:46:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: Configure.help editorial policy |
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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.
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