Date   : Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:42:08 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Monitor Lead?

Darren Grant wrote:
> > One megabyte in length? How many inches to the byte?
> 
> To be pedantic one megabyte would be 1MB not 1M
 
To be even more pedantice, 1M is a megabyte, 1MB is a million
bytes.
 
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K as a unit of memory storage size is the quantity "kilobyte",
  being 2^10 bytes, 1024 bytes.
K as a unit of temperature difference is "kelvin", 1K being
  1/273.16th the interval between absolute zero and the standard
  triple-point of water, and absolute zero being 0K.
k as a prefix is the multiplier "kilo-", being x10^3, x1000.
 
M as a unit of memory storage size is the quantity "megabyte",
  being 2^10K, 1024K, being 2^20 bytes, 1048576 bytes.
M as a unit is the obseleted unit of molarity, being the molecular
  quantity of a substance in a set mass, mol/kg.
M as a prefix is the multiplier "mega-", being x10^6, x1000000.
m as a prefix is the multiplier "milli-", being 10^-3, x0.001.
m as a unit of distance is the quantity "metre".
 
G as a unit of memory storage size is the quantity "gigabyte",
  being 2^10M, 1024M, being 2^20K, 1048576K, being 2^30 bytes,
  1073741824 bytes.
G as a prefix is the multiplier "giga-", being x10^6, x1000000.
g as a unit of mass is the quantity "gram".
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