[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I looked through the documentation for an answer to the question but was
> unsuccessful.
>
> Under Analog 3.11, if I configure with "RAWBYTES OFF" Analog reports data
> transfer in "kbytes" where a "kbyte" is 1024 bytes. According to a web page
> I ran accross the other day, (http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html)
> a "kilobyte" is 1000 bytes while a "kibibyte" is 1024 bytes.
>
> In the current documentation it says that RAWBYTES OFF will report data
> transfer in "kilobytes".
>
> Does this indicate that Analog has switched to 1000 byte "kbytes"? I did
> not notice anything on this issue in the "What's new" page.
I have never heard of "kibibytes" before. Since there's approximately 50 years
of history behind the use of kilobyte to mean 1024, I don't think the adoption
is going to change very soon. AFAIK the only people who use Kilobyte (and
related terms) to mean 1000 bytes are harddrive manufacturers who want to make
their drives look bigger.
In the Analog documentation and the results, "Kilobyte" refers to 1024 bytes.
Jeremy Wadsack
Wadsack-Allen Digital Group
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