The NIST website that presents the binary prefixes is:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
As many contributors to this thread have emphasized, historical and even
current usage of 'K' is not always consistent or accurate.
Neither consistency nor accuracy can be retrofitted. Each of us can,
however, go forward using Ki (canonically pronounced kee-bee) where
multiples of 2^10 = 1024 are intended or K instead where multiples of 10^3 =
1000.
John Gilmore
Ashland, MA 01721-1817
USA
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