These things are horrible, but I've seen them beginning to be used. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
"In December 1998 the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the leading international organization for worldwide standardization in electrotechnology, approved as an IEC International Standard names and symbols for prefixes for binary multiples for use in the fields of data processing and data transmission. The prefixes are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prefixes for binary multiples ------------------------------------------------------------------------ �Factor� Name� Symbol� Origin Derivation� �2^10 kibi Ki kilobinary: (2^10)^1 kilo: (10^3)^1 �2^20 mebi Mi megabinary: (2^10)^2� mega: (10^3)^2 �2^30 gibi Gi gigabinary: (2^10)^3 giga: (10^3)^3 �2^40 tebi Ti terabinary: (2^10)^4 tera: (10^3)^4 �2^50 pebi Pi petabinary: (2^10)^5 peta: (10^3)^5 �2^60 exbi Ei exabinary: (2^10)^6 exa: (10^3)^6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Examples and comparisons with SI prefixes one kibibit �1 Kibit = 2^10 bit = 1024 bit one kilobit �1 kbit = 10^3 bit = 1000 bit one mebibyte �1 MiB = 2^20 B = 1 048 576 B one megabyte �1 MB = 10^6 B = 1 000 000 B one gibibyte �1 GiB = 2^30 B = 1 073 741 824 B one gigabyte �1 GB = 10^9 B = 1 000 000 000 B" So all the drive manufacturers can they are in accord with the IEC units - and the RAM makers are all giving us a bit extra free... -- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
