From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tuesday 18 April 2006 05:31, Willie Wonka wrote:
> Maybe I'm dense, but;
> kb = kilobit
> KB = KiloByte
> mb = megabit
> MB = MegaByte
>
> 1 bit * 8 = 1 byte
> 1 Byte / 8 = 1 bit
That's right, except it's kb or kB (for kilobits and kilobytes
respectively),
never KB or Kb. k is "kilo," K is "Karat."
If I sent any private comments in reply to anything on the group, my
sincerest apologies. The "Reply To" address evidently isn't set to the
list, and hotmail loves to ignore the list address. Apparently, this is not
a problem with the mail clients everyone *else* are using.
Not that the @hotmail.com would be any indicator of my inability to use them
or anything.
That said ...
What will happen when you run out of capital and lower case letters to
identify your jumble of units?
I mean, I know there's a GG-1, but would this mean, like, GigaGiga? And
what if I said "Gg?" Would that be "Gigagram?"
I mean, I know english is kinda strange, with # and ' and " and stuff, but
in some ways, it kinda' makes sense to avoid using letters for units of
measurement. I guess we could mix them, too, though.
k#, M#, and G#.
Hmmm. Now it looks like BASIC. Blech.
Love & Friendship & Blessed Be!
Lynn Erika Kilroy
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