On Monday 11 June 2007 22:57:00 John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > It does solve a real problem. It solves an ambiguity. Does k mean 1000 > or 1024? Does M mean 1000000 or 1048576? > > Answer: k mean 1 000 > ki means 1 024 > m means 1 000 000 > mi means 1 048 576 > > No more ambiguity. Except, don't forget that prefixes are case-sensitive. "ki" and "mi" aren't correct binary prefixes, and "m" means milli. Instead you want "k", "Ki", "M" and "Mi" above. -- Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net> <xmpp:wjl@icecavern.net> OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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