Re: Memory management FAQ

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Bart Oldeman wrote:

> And some use "b" for bits. I almost never see Gb. In any case there has
> been an IEC standard since a few years.
> 1 kB = 1000 bytes, 1 MB = 1000 kB
> 1 kiB = 1024 bytes, 1 MiB = 1024*1024 bytes
> 1 kbit = 1000 bits
> 1 kibit = 1024 bits
> and so on.
>
> It just seems that some people hate this notation...

It must be Kibit and KiB, just to confuse the others :-)
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

Bart