Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > > On 16.04.06 22:56, Willie Wonka wrote: > > > Explained another way (hopefully); > > > If you bought a 1,000 Byte (1KB) HDD - you'd lose 24 *Bytes* > > > > No. The big 'K' stands for 1024, 1000 is small 'k'. > > The big 'K' was chosen exactly to differ 1024 from 1000 - small 'k'. > > > > But this can't be applied for 'M' because big 'M' is 1 000 000, while > smal > > 'm' is 0.001 (1/1000). > > So what do you propose as a solution ?? > > Maybe I'm dense, but; > kb = kilobit > KB = KiloByte > mb = megabit > MB = MegaByte > > 1 bit * 8 = 1 byte > 1 Byte / 8 = 1 bit
AFAIK the only standard abbreviations are the "clasic" SI. 1k = 1000, 1M=1.000.000, and so on. I don't know of any other standard. Of course, this doesn't mean it doesn't exist :) Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]