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Sorry to be pedantic, but regardless of kilo, kibi, mega or mebi, a lower case 'b' means 'bit' and an uppercase 'B' means byte...where 8 bits = 1 Byte. Simon SZE-To wrote: >Hi John, > >You may inversed them, for the new IEC standard, 1KB = 1000 bit and >1KiB = 1024 bit > >Reference: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html > > > > > >>Theres a New Standard in year 2000 that introduces the term, KibiBit. >>1Kibibit = 1000Byte >> >>However, >>1KiloBit is still 1024Byte >> >>Whether this new standard will be widely used, is still unknown and its >>up to the programmers. >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> >> >> >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > |