The correct terminology and abbreviations are explained at:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Megabyte
anything else is just wrong.
cheers
stuart
On 12/05/11 00:32, Richard, Joel M wrote:
> Good morning!
>
> We got a question from a user:
>
> On the following URL [redacted], there is a description of the files,
> namely the size that is expressed in MB. I'd like to know if that
> size is calculated using base 10 or base 2 mathematics.
>
> Digging into the code, I find this comment for org/dspace/app/util/Util.java
>
> /**
> * Formats the file size. Examples:
> *
> * - 50 = 50B
> * - 1024 = 1KB
> * - 1,024,000 = 1MB etc
> *
> * The numbers are formatted using java Locales
> *
> * @param in The number to covnert
> * @return the file size as a String
> */
> public static String formatFileSize(double in) {
>
> That's some some funky math! it divides bytes by 1,024,000 to get MB, and
> 1,024,000,000 to get GB. So it's neither base 2 math nor base 10, but a
> combination of both.
>
> Can anyone make a strong argument for requesting this be changed to either
> pure base 10 math (divide by 1,000,000 to Mebibytes / MiB) or pure base 2
> (divide by 1,048,576 to get Megabytes / MB). I prefer the latter, myself.
>
> --Joel
>
> Joel Richard
> IT Specialist, Web Services Department
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