On 2002-02-08 16:09 -0000, Ian Abbott wrote: > This does not really apply to computer usage where typically "kilo" > has been overloaded to mean 2^10 (=1024) because it happens to be > close enough to its more correct meaning. That's why "K" is often > used to mean 2^10 to avoid confusion with "k". (But as has been > pointed out, this confusion persists for "M", "G", "T", etc.)
The actual reason is more probably the same one that makes people write mpbs instead of Mbps, Km instead of km and "it's" instead of "its". -- André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/> std::disclaimer ("Not speaking for my employer");
