On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 15:24 +1030, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> And it doesn't stop there, either. Is one MB 1024 KB, or something > >> else? People have different opinions about that, so it makes MB even > >> more vague than KB. > > Toralf Lund: > > Not really. People who say 1kb is 1024 bytes will also say that 1Mb is > > 1024kb. They don't change their minds about the factors in the middle > > of it all. > > Unfortunately, that only works if they're consistent (which not > everybody is, and why we have this mess), and if you have such clues to > fall back on. For instance, if they only ever mention the term MB, you > don't know what they're referring to. > The term itself gives the context. MB is a computing term representing megabytes. Mb represents megabits. I agree some use those interchangeably at times, but in fact they are distinct and should be used as such. If everyone was consistent with everyone else this would be a perfect world. :) Since that is an ideal, we live in reality.
