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Re: Mb means Megabyte (was RE: Licence or license?)
Subject:Re: Mb means Megabyte (was RE: Licence or license?) From:peter -at- softwell -dot- co -dot- uk (Peter Hirons) To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 29 Nov 2002 22:44 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
> I've been into computers since I got a ZX81 at the age of 11 (22 years
> ago now) and I've _never_ interpreted Kb as Kilobit --- it _always_
> means Kilobyte, and is generally pronounced as just "K". Similarly
> Mb means megabytes, and is generally pronounced "Meg".
This just shows that you've never had to document anything to do with data
transmission rates. The difference between B and b is extremely
significant.
> I've also never once in my life before today seen "mebibyte".
> Sounds a bit made up to me.
As I've said before, it's new to me too - and I pre-date the ZX81 by at
least 10 years in experience!
Peter
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