Here's a perfectly illustrative example of how common it is to jumble all this terminology up...
I often use a download test site at PC Pitstop: http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/Bandwidth.asp I ran a quick download test that transferred a "500 KB" block of text to my machine. It took 2.744 seconds to complete. Thus, the result was returned as "1458 Kb/s." Here's the math: (assuming decimal) 500 * 1000 * 8 = 4,000,000 bits / 2.77 seconds = ~1,458,000 bits/sec = ~1458 decimal kbits/sec or ~1423 binary Kbits/sec Now... (assuming binary) 500 * 1024 * 8 = 4,096,000 bits / 2.77 seconds = ~1,478,000 bits/sec = ~1478 decimal kbits/sec or ~1443 binary Kbits/sec So, in spite of the fact that they are using the binary upper-case “K” throughout, they are obviously meaning the decimal lower-case “k,” which makes sense given that throughput is expressed that way. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65220&t=65211 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
