AFAIK, IEEE standards use lower-case 'k' for kilo.  This isn't, of 
course, to say that folks haven't been ignoring the standard or perhaps 
not have known it.

Within Sun, the Editorial Style Guide conforms to established standards 
and specifies the use of lower-case 'k' for kilo.

Regards,

   -- Eric



manjula pc - Sun Microsystems - Bangalore India wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Jeremy Harris >>
> 
>>           K == kilo
>> >         M == Mega
>> >         G == Giga
>>   
>> > Isn't the usual signifier for kilo a lower-case 'k'?
>>   
> No. I have only come across a upper-case 'K' for kilo.
> 
> Example : df -hl
> 
> [mp204432 at drosera:23:13:57]/export/users/mp204432:df -hl swap
> Filesystem             size   used  avail capacity  Mounted on
> swap                    30G    56K    30G     1%    /var/run
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Manjula
> 


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