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Re: lynx-dev Re: [PATCH 2.8.5-pre4] KiB fixup
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gilmap |
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Re: lynx-dev Re: [PATCH 2.8.5-pre4] KiB fixup |
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Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:53:39 -0700 (MST) |
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.
-- gil
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