Date   : Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:32:07 +0100
From   : Annihilannic <annihilannic@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

David Hunt wrote:
>> meaning 1 megabyte; I'd read "mb" as milli-something.  Millibar if
>> there was a weather reference.  Millibit in computing, not that it
>> means anything.  I'm sure that conventional scientific notation uses
>> capitals for all the increasing multiples of a thousand, like
>>  K   Kilo    M mega    and so on
>> and lowercase ones for the diminishing multiples: m - milli etc.
> Well, almost, kilo is a small k, e.g. kWh - kilowatt hour.
> A reasonable list (without going into the crazy stuff) can be found at
> http://www.knowledgedoor.com/1/Unit_Conversion/Power_Prefixes.htm

Out of curiosity, have (m)any folks on the list got into the habit of 
using the correct terminology and notation for multiples of 1024, i.e. 
mibimyte (MiB), kibibite (kiB), etc?

The only place I remember seeing it actually being used is when the 
Linux kernel detects drive sizes at boot-time.

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Annihilannic