Except that giga sometimes means 2^30.

And don't bother mentioning Gibi.  I would agree with you.  That
doesn't change the fact that giga is still ambiguous.


On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:27:43 -0500, Daniel Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 04 February 2005 10:38, Timothy Miller wrote:
> > That's a good point.  I think the British like to use terms like
> > "thousand million".  Do we all use "million" to mean 10^6?
> >
> > When I way 1.6 billion pixels per second, I mean 1.6*10^9.
> 
> The solution is, never say "billion" and always say "giga".
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Daniel
>
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