It gets even better than that. There is a proposal out there to standardize the units for binary multiples.
In other words, since 1 kilobit should really equal 1000 bits (not 1024), the proposal is to have a kibi- prefix.
1 kibibit = 1024 bits (2^10 bits)
1 mebibit = 1048576 bits (2^20 bits)
For more on this, go look at http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
Ah, progress...
Frank Jimenez
CompuCom Systems, Inc.
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>>> Vincenzo Zocca <zoccav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 08/03/99 05:20PM >>>
Assuming prefixes are taken from SI/metric system, the 'kilo' prefix in
example ('K') should be in lower case ('k'). Like in 'km' (kilometer for USA
and kilometre UK readers) and 'kHz' ('kg' (kilogram) would be a bad example as
it is a unit itself).
The Mega 'M' should be in upper case, as it is.
Unfortunately, binary units do not seem to fall in the SI/metric system. Time
(in s) does however.
Following links simultaneously provide clarity and confusion in this matter:
http://www.hlalapansi.demon.co.uk/Metric/index.html#prefix
http://www.hlalapansi.demon.co.uk/Metric/index.html#binary
Sorry to be pedantic,
Vincenzo
> KBPS and MBPS: kilobytes and megabytes
> Kbps and Mbps: kilobits and megabits
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