Re: lynx-dev Re: [PATCH 2.8.5-pre4] KiB fixup

[gilmap]

In a recent note, Ilya Zakharevich said:

> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 13:29:01 -0800
> 
> AFAIK, "KB" is the standard.  Can you quote which standard says it is
> "KiB"?
> 
   Amendment 2 to IEC International Standard IEC 60027-2: Letter symbols
   to be used in electrical technology - Part 2: Telecommunications and
   electronics.  (Publication date: 1999-01)

See:

   Linkname: Definitions of the SI units: The binary prefixes
        URL: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

>         Can you explain why I never saw it written using this
> standard?
> 
Sounds like a personal problem to me.

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