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

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Message-ID: <20070122183619.2db6538e@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:36:19 +0000
From:	Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
	Eduard Bloch <edi@....de>, Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>,
	Tony Foiani <tkil@...ye.com>,
	Leon Woestenberg <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Schwartz <davids@...master.com>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KB->KiB, MB -> MiB, ... (IEC 60027-2)

> For "F"s sake, when you gotta use abbreviations, then just use k=1000 and
> K=1024 already, b for bits and B for bytes. Problem gone.

K is Kelvin, k is kilo-

See ISO 31. There is a standard for this stuff which is used worldwide
and only bits of the computing industry appear incapable of following it.
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