Thorsten Glaser wrote: > SI and IEC 60027-2 say: > > k = 1000 > M = 1000000 > m = 1/1000 > > K may so be 1024, but M may not, because M must be 1000000, > always. SI prefices are the same among all units. When talking about digital data storage K means times 2^10, M means times 2^20, G means 2^30 and T means 2^40. 1K = 1 * 2^10 bytes = 1024 bytes 1M = 1 * 2^20 bytes = 1048576 bytes 1G = 1 * 2^30 bytes = 1073741824 bytes If you think otherwise go google "what is a megabyte". Didn't you ever wonder why your computer with 512 megabytes of ram always showed 536870912 bytes? Or even hop on a FreeBSD box and do a: dd if=/dev/random of=bigfile bs=1 count=1M Watch as it reports "1048676 blocks in/out". -- Ryan Sommers ryans_at_gamersimpact.comReceived on Sat Apr 16 2005 - 11:51:07 UTC
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