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to: Jack Stein
from: Kenneth Abrams
date: 1999-09-10 22:45:27
subject: Kib, Mib, gib: 1024^n ?

Hello Jack,

07 Sep 99 18:28, Jack Stein wrote to Jonathan De Boyne Pollard:

 JS> I like k,m and g for the small ones, K,M, and G for the big ones...

 JS> Whats so tough about that?

Well, there *is* the fact that a lowercase m already means milli- in the
traditional, long accepted system. Yes, I know, a millibyte makes no sense,
but it doesn't change the fact that a lowercase m is already defined.

Kenneth (kabrams@us.hsanet.net)

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