On Friday, January 29, 2010, David Brownell wrote:
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> ...
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> I'd rather see "kilo bytes" (KB) not "Kibi bytes" (KiB)
> in such contexts too. Kilobytes per second is something
> I can often do math with in my head. Kibibytes, not;
> likewise kilobits per second.
>
The problem with doing math
On Friday 29 January 2010, Laurent Gauch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We could think to replace
>
> kb/s
>
> by
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> KBytes/s
>
> or
>
> kbytes/s
My vote: spell it out. And don't try to use the
widely-misunderstood "b"/bit "B"/byte convention.
> Or (and this is the best to use for me)
>
> kbps as "k
Hi,
We could think to replace
kb/s
by
KBytes/s
or
kbytes/s
Or (and this is the best to use for me)
kbps as "kilo bits per sec"
mbps as "mega bits per sec"
the kb is for bytes or bits ?
the /s is used but it is not scientific ?
So I vote for kbps and mbps instead kb/s for any datarate in