Re: Debian virus/spy-ware detection and detection technique.
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@iguanasuicide.net> writes:
> On Monday 26 July 2010 08:31:33 Sthu Deus wrote:
>> Thank You for Your time and answer, Robert:
>> > 2) do you not know how to convert Mb to
>> > bytes?
>>
>> 2. I believe I do: 1 Mb = 1048576 bytes. Correct?
>
> Not according to the relevant standards.
>
> 1Mb = 1 000 000 bits
> 1MB = 1 000 000 bytes
> 1Mib = 2 ^ 20 bits
> 1MiB = 2 ^ 20 bytes
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_binary_prefixes
> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html
Its also now (at least Lenny) a part of standard linux man pages as
units(7).
--
Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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