On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:19:49AM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: [...] > FYI, a few things which come in handy: > 1. In communications, everything is in powers of 10. So K = 1,000, > M = 1,000,000, and 56 Kbps = 56,000. In computing, however, > everything is in powers of 2, so K = 1,024, and M = > 1,048,576. > 2. A bit should be represented by a lowercase "b" and a byte as an > uppercase "B". So the notation above is incorrect... 100 > Mbps should have a "b" for bits. > 3. Metric prefixes like K, M, and G should always be capitalized. [...] Actually, I've learned that differently: "K" stands for x1024 like in KB (KiloByte = 1024 bytes) and "k" stands for x1000 (like km = kilometer = 1000meters). Also, there's of course "M" (10^6) and "m" (10^-3) as prefix... ;-) Cheerio, Thomas -- ===> Netiquette - read it, use it: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html <=== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!"
