Do you beep and chirp, Min?
;)
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Lewis Sellers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
| Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 2:28 PM
| To: CF-Talk
| Subject: Re: Bytes to MB/GB conversion tag?
|
|
| On Sun, 26 May 2002 13:04:57 -0700, in cf-talk you wrote:
|
| >Is this a trick question??
| >
| >MB = bytes/1,000,000
|
| Only on the packaging of Hard Drives. They *sneakily* use
| actual standard SI units.
|
| In all other instances a MegaByte is 2^20 or 1048576 bytes. A
| KiloByte is, btw, 2^10 or 1024 bytes. A GigaByte is 2^30
| or... where's my calc? ... 1073741824 bytes.
|
| This has pretty much been the standard for decades now.
|
| --min
|
|
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