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to: Rodrigo Cesar Banhara
from: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
date: 1999-09-30 10:01:04
subject: Kib, Mib, gib: 1024^n ?

 RCB> I like very much about it.

 RCB> I posted a msg on GUOS2BR about it months ago & was said be a "purist".

 RCB> The difference between 1000^3 & 1024^3 is very very big
 RCB> is between 1000^4 & 1024^4 is a absurdity...

 LA>> Is there any international effort about this?

 RCB> Jargon file had a entry only about it & is said dont exist yet.

It does.   http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html .

 ¯ JdeBP ®

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