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No, KB for KiloBytes. The K and M are always capitalized. Its the ending
that confuses most people. For example... "I have a 1.5MB DSL connection" This is obviously incorrect, as megabytes is not a quantity used to measure bandwidth. The correct statement would be, " I have a 1.5Mb DSL connection " ... as megabits are indeed a unit of measure used to quantify bandwidth. I have no idea what a small k would be used for... perhaps the measure of calories? kC = kila-calories... just a though. NuTs "... et al." wrote in message s.invalid... NuT CrAcKeR wrote nothing besides: KB... Not MB kB ... Not KB [ or put differently, why is it that most people use just this (binary) prefix with a different case to the normal use of decimal prefixes as used throughout science as per the SI Unit Prefixes endorsed by the International System of Units ? ] -- Please followup in newsgroup. E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control. |
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NuT CrAcKeR wrote:
"... et al." wrote in message s.invalid... NuT CrAcKeR wrote nothing besides: KB... Not MB kB ... Not KB [ or put differently, why is it that most people use just this (binary) prefix with a different case to the normal use of decimal prefixes as used throughout science as per the SI Unit Prefixes endorsed by the International System of Units ? ] No, KB for KiloBytes. The K and M are always capitalized. Its the ending that confuses most people. Where are they always capitalized? Only in the computer-related fields! Why there if nowhere else? kilo is designated "k" when used as a prefix in SI units. mega is designated "M" when used as a prefix in SI units. While the unit designation (b vs. B) do confuse people because so many writers doesn't know and/or care about the difference or they think the meaning is given by the context, the use of nonstandard capitalization of the prefix (only for Kilo, not for Mega etc) _should_ confuse people. That was kinda the point of my post, while nitpicking on a nitpicker ;-) For example... "I have a 1.5MB DSL connection" This is obviously incorrect, as megabytes is not a quantity used to measure bandwidth. The correct statement would be, " I have a 1.5Mb DSL connection " .. as megabits are indeed a unit of measure used to quantify bandwidth. Whether you should have a 1.5 megabyte (per second) or a 1.5 megabit (per second) DSL connection is for you and your ISP to negotiate ;-) I have no idea what a small k would be used for... perhaps the measure of calories? kC = kila-calories... just a though. Was that example choosen deliberately? You know the SI Unit for Energy is joule (J), don't you? Calorie has been left by the wayside along with erg, inch & pound et cetera, a long time ago. For what small k _is_ used for look around the world (outside the computerfield) at any unit whose amount is best given in kilo-unit. -- Please followup in newsgroup. E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control. |
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.... et al. wrote:
NuT CrAcKeR wrote: "... et al." wrote in message s.invalid... NuT CrAcKeR wrote nothing besides: KB... Not MB kB ... Not KB [ or put differently, why is it that most people use just this (binary) prefix with a different case to the normal use of decimal prefixes as used throughout science as per the SI Unit Prefixes endorsed by the International System of Units ? ] No, KB for KiloBytes. The K and M are always capitalized. Its the ending that confuses most people. Where are they always capitalized? Only in the computer-related fields! Why there if nowhere else? kilo is designated "k" when used as a prefix in SI units. mega is designated "M" when used as a prefix in SI units. While the unit designation (b vs. B) do confuse people because so many writers doesn't know and/or care about the difference or they think the meaning is given by the context, the use of nonstandard capitalization of the prefix (only for Kilo, not for Mega etc) _should_ confuse people. That was kinda the point of my post, while nitpicking on a nitpicker ;-) For example... "I have a 1.5MB DSL connection" This is obviously incorrect, as megabytes is not a quantity used to measure bandwidth. The correct statement would be, " I have a 1.5Mb DSL connection " .. as megabits are indeed a unit of measure used to quantify bandwidth. Whether you should have a 1.5 megabyte (per second) or a 1.5 megabit (per second) DSL connection is for you and your ISP to negotiate ;-) I have no idea what a small k would be used for... perhaps the measure of calories? kC = kila-calories... just a though. Was that example choosen deliberately? You know the SI Unit for Energy is joule (J), don't you? Calorie has been left by the wayside along with erg, inch & pound et cetera, a long time ago. For what small k _is_ used for look around the world (outside the computerfield) at any unit whose amount is best given in kilo-unit. According to the NIST, "k" denotes decimal 10^3, while "Ki" denotes the closest power of 2, 2^10 or decimal 1024. Perhaps that's the source of the confusion? -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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J. Clarke wrote:
.... et al. wrote: NuT CrAcKeR wrote: "... et al." wrote in message s.is.invalid... NuT CrAcKeR wrote nothing besides: KB... Not MB kB ... Not KB [ or put differently, why is it that most people use just this (binary) prefix with a different case to the normal use of decimal prefixes as used throughout science as per the SI Unit Prefixes endorsed by the International System of Units ? ] No, KB for KiloBytes. The K and M are always capitalized. Its the ending that confuses most people. Where are they always capitalized? Only in the computer-related fields! Why there if nowhere else? kilo is designated "k" when used as a prefix in SI units. mega is designated "M" when used as a prefix in SI units. While the unit designation (b vs. B) do confuse people because so many writers doesn't know and/or care about the difference or they think the meaning is given by the context, the use of nonstandard capitalization of the prefix (only for Kilo, not for Mega etc) _should_ confuse people. That was kinda the point of my post, while nitpicking on a nitpicker ;-) snip According to the NIST, "k" denotes decimal 10^3, while "Ki" denotes the closest power of 2, 2^10 or decimal 1024. Perhaps that's the source of the confusion? kibi's, mebi's, and gibi's ..., now that something you see all the time ... Not ! No, i really don't think that's it. We're missing the i's in KB and GB and so on, at least i never see them. Links for anyone curioius: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html I just came to think that the reason might be that it's a remnant from an earlier computer era (like FORTRAN, M$-DOS and such) where lower-case letters hadn't been invented yet. Can that be it? NIST? Something needed in parallel to ANSI? I had never heard of that USoA institute before. Ok, i'll stop flogging the dead horse now ..., this really has nothing to do with Nvidia videocards, now is it? -- Please followup in newsgroup. E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control. |
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