> >On 16.04.06 22:56, Willie Wonka wrote: > >>Explained another way (hopefully); > >>If you bought a 1,000 Byte (1KB) HDD - you'd lose 24 *Bytes*
> Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > >No. The big 'K' stands for 1024, 1000 is small 'k'. > >The big 'K' was chosen exactly to differ 1024 from 1000 - small 'k'. On 19.04.06 12:09, Mike McCarty wrote: > Nope. Both the "K" and the "k" have been used in electronics > to mean "times 1000" since I got involved in about 1965 or so. I have never seen/heard about that, but you may be right. However, for computer busines (I'm kinda involved only since 1986) I've always and everywhere seen the explanation I provided above. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Enter any 12-digit prime number to continue. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
