"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <b...@iguanasuicide.net> writes: > On Monday 26 July 2010 08:31:33 Sthu Deus wrote: >> Thank You for Your time and answer, Robert: >> > 2) do you not know how to convert Mb to >> > bytes? >> >> 2. I believe I do: 1 Mb = 1048576 bytes. Correct? > > Not according to the relevant standards. > > 1Mb = 1 000 000 bits > 1MB = 1 000 000 bytes > 1Mib = 2 ^ 20 bits > 1MiB = 2 ^ 20 bytes > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_binary_prefixes > http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html > http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html
Its also now (at least Lenny) a part of standard linux man pages as units(7). -- Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87k4oh7u18....@cjlinux.localnet
