On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:19:49AM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > 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.
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).
I don't buy it, Thomas. While I can find lots of evidence for my earlier comment (e.g. a T1 is 1.544Mbps = 1,544,000 bps but a megabyte (MB) is 1,048,576), I cannot find anything whatsoever to indicate that using a lowercase "k" indicates 1,000 while an uppercase "K" indicates 1,024.
While I can see that as a reasonable assumption for one person to make, I do not believe it is standard in any community or medium. Feel free to argue the contrary... I'm very convinced that I'm right, but I'm always willing to listen.
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.simpaticus.com
