At Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:24:49 +0100 (MET) , Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Philipp Schulte wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 10:44:34AM +0100, Michal F. Hanula wrote: >> >> > 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). >> >> That's true and this is well defined in the SI. >> But does that mean, we have to distinguish between mb, Mb, mB and MB? >I think we have to. [snip] >If we know what we are talking about, case sensitive does not matter. >Better is to define first what you mean. I was taught, and use: KB == kilobyte, Kb == kilobit (and naturally the same for mega*). Its standard, AFAIK, but of course the kids of today... ;-) Get your own FREE E-mail address at http://www.linuxfreemail.com Linux FREE Mail is 100% FREE, 100% Linux, and 100% yours!
