It's definately not frmalised - think about the next step up - Mega which
is prefixed by a capital M, while the lower case m represents the prefix
'mili'
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Mathew Hendry wrote
> > From: Jack Moffitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > networks are measured with k = 1000.
> > storage is measured with k = 1024.
> >
> > this is how it has traditionally been.
>
> It seems to be quite common to use the prefix "K" to refer to multiples of
> 1024, and "k" for mutliples of 1000, but I don't know if this is formalised
> anywhere. Similarly "B" for bytes and "b" for bits... 64KB of memory vs.
> 64kbps MP3.
>
> -- Mat.
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