Using standardized SI prefixes

[Jan Claeys]

Op dinsdag 19-06-2007 om 11:00 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Phillip
Susi:
> Jan Claeys wrote:
> > Except that many user apps use binary multiples for both bits and bytes
> > when they show "download speed".
> > 
> > (But of course your usage of "usually" already tells us that there is no
> > clear definition.)
> 
> Most use 1000 for bits, and 1024 for bytes.  Those that do not are 
> considered to be broken by those schooled in the arts of computer science.

Those schooled in the arts of *science* consider every use of "k" to
mean 1024 to be broken, but then again, those people consider the use of
the term "computer science" as it is mostly used currently to be broken
too (guess why).


-- 
Jan Claeys