Paul: Although, because of its binary structure, memory is properly measured in kibibytes, mebibytes, and gibibytes, files are normally measured in kilobytes and megabytes. Transmission speeds are measured in kbit/s, Mbit/s, and Gbit/s. The situation regarding disk drive capacity has historically been something of a mishmash. Bill _____
Bill Potts, FBCS <http://wfpconsulting.com/> WFP Consulting Roseville, CA <http://metric1.org/> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 18:16 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:45566] high-speed vs. dial-up on listserver A few years ago, some of our subscribers compained about others posting to the list with large files attached (i.e., more than 500 KiB to 1 MiB), because these files could not be downloaded in a reasonable time with a dial-up connection. A question for all subscribers: do you still use a dial-up connection to access the Internet? If yes, please say so. Thanks, Paul Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Blvd. Apt. 122 Midland, Texas 79707-2872 US +1(432)528-7724 [email protected]
