Ben Finney wrote: > The symbol for "bit" is 'b'. The symbol for "byte" is 'B'. 'kb' is > 'kilobit', i.e. 1000 bits. 'mb' is a "metre-bit", a combination of two > units. And so on. The SI units have definitions that are only muddied > by misusing them this way.
I have to disagree: 'mb' should stand for "milli-bit" :) which could be considered as the probability of a bit ... this might be useful for quantum computing. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
