[Techtalk] kb KB kB Kb etc!

[Robyn Manning]

Hi

k = kilo

K = Kelvin a unit for temperature

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictK.html

kibi a binary prefix meaning 2^10 = 1024. This prefix, adopted by the
International Electrotechnical Commission in 1998, was supposed to
replace kilo- for binary applications in computer science. Thus 1024
bytes of storage is officially a kibibyte, not a kilobyte. However,
computer professionals generally dislike this unit (they say it sounds
like a cat food) so the ambiguity in the size of a kilobyte persists.
The prefix is a contraction of 'kilobinary.' The symbox Ki-, rather than
ki-, was chosen for uniformity with the other binary prefixes (Mi-, Gi-,
etc.)

Kib kilobits
KiB kilobytes

Robyn

On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 22:07, Hamster wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to get the definitive answer to the question of life, the
> universe and everything. 
> 
> Failing that, can someone help me associate these letters with their
> corresponding unit of measurement.
> 
> I know that the units byte and bit are shortened to the letter "b", one
> using a capital "B", the other using a lower case "b". But which one is
> which?
> 
> I know that "K" and "k" refer to the SI prefix "kilo", one letter defining
> kilo as being 1000, the other defining kilo as 1024. Which one is which??
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> Hamster
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