> On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 10:25:10AM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Philipp Schulte wrote: > > > > KB = Kelvin Byte > > > > IIRC `K' as in KB means 1024 (2^10), while `k' as in kB (or kg, or almost > anything else) means 1000 (10^3). Still not confused?
Ok, and what about Mega? Talking about Bytes, Mega is (1024)^2 == (2^20). Same for Giga. I find it easier that when talking about Bytes (and nothing but Bytes), to assume that k=2^10 and M=2^20 and G=2^30 and so forth. Greetz, Sebastiaan > Miso&Frankie > -- > Nietzche is dead. >
