Olivier, I never thought someone would catch me on that one... but you are correct. KiB and MiB are not SI prefixes, they are IEC prefices. I changed the news item accordingly.
Thanks, Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Olivier Crumeyrolle > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: KiB MiB are not SI prefixes but IEC ones > > > I can read on the page http://cygwin.com/xfree/ > "We are now using the SI prefixes for binary files sizes, according to" > > <http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html> > > But according to this NIST web page, > "It is important to recognize that the new prefixes for binary multiples > are not part of the > International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system. " > > > Yours, > > > O Crumeyrolle. > >
