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 >
