HAHAHA, I likes. Kibis and mibis, kibis and mibis, I've got to get me more kibis and mibis.
-----Original Message----- From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 3:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - Mega, Kilo - kibi, Mebi [7:46940] I'm wondering if these didn't catch on because they sound so silly. Have you actually ever said kibibytes or mebibytes out loud?? :-) That reminds of the dog food commercial from a few years ago: "Kibbles and bits, kibbles and bits..." >>> "Dr Rita Puzmanova" 6/19/02 2:05:55 PM >>> To eliminate such problems in understanding what metric prefixes are actually meant, a long time ago IEC agreed on a standard for different prefixes for binary, such as kibi (1024), Mebi (1024*1024) etc. See the following interesting links: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci825099,00.html IMHO while _kbps_ is correct, _Kbps_ is not: in case of _kilo_ prefix you can easily distinguish between kilo=k (lowercase) =1000 (related to anything but binary) and kilo=K (uppercase)=1024 (related to binary prefix, such as KB=1024 bytes). Rita "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > This is not specifically related to Cisco, but is a networking question. > > I was having a mild argument yesterday with a PC/server type guy who was > very irate at an ISP for using "gigabyte" to mean "1000 Megabytes" instead > of "1024 Megabytes". He appeared to think that throughout the IT > industry, "K" always means 2 ^ 10, "M" always means 2 ^ 20, etc etc. I > pointed out that this is not always the case (64kbps = 64000 bps, for > example), and haven't yet had a reply (I actually agree with him that the > ISP is using the wrong definition, but I can see why they are). > > However, it got me curious. After a quick squizz through various sources, > I couldn't find any that define the prefixes for networking usage. > > www.whatis.com has an interesting page on the prefixes, which basically > backs up what I thought - roughly, storage (memory sizes etc) usually uses > prefixes calculated in powers of two, while data transfer usually uses > prefixes calculated in powers of ten. > > But is this codified anywhere? For example, do the ethernet standards > define "10 Mbps", or "1 Gbps" (Yes, I know about the IEEE site, but the > standards don't seem to be currently downloadable)? > > JMcL > > Important: This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee and may > contain information that is confidential, commercially valuable or subject > to legal or parliamentary privilege. If you are not the intended recipient > you are notified that any review, re-transmission, disclosure, use or > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited by several > Commonwealth Acts of Parliament. If you have received this communication in > error please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this > transmission together with any attachments. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=47015&t=46940 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
