linux-kernel - RE: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:29:40 -0800
From:	"David Schwartz" <davids@...master.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)


> [1.] One line summary of the problem: 
> KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2 Letter symbols to be used in 
> electrical 
> technology – Part 2)
> Should be everywere KiB, MiB, GiB, ... according to IEC 60027-2 

	Bytes are not an SI unit. A "megabyte" doesn't have to be a million bytes any more than a "megaphone" has to be a million phones. A "megabyte" is 1,048,576 bytes. The "mega" in there is not an SI prefix. "Mega" is only an SI prefix when it appears before an SI unit.

	DS


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