Re: Using standardized SI prefixes

[Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au>]

Darren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk> writes:

> If I need to disambiguate, I'll say either "real kilobyte" or
> something like "marketroids' kilobyte". And as for the next step up,
> well, "gigabytes" is a given, and it's tempting to say "giblets"...

That's assuming that everyone you converse with is aware of the
particular definition you carry for those terms.

Alternatively, you could use terms already well-defined and
standardised.

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