From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Ralph Siemsen <ralphs@netwinder.org>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, "Jörn Engel" <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
Subject: Re: FAQ entry for loopback mounting
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:15:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1144325730.6227.136.camel@pmac.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <443503D3.3030409@netwinder.org>
On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 08:04 -0400, Ralph Siemsen wrote:
>
> Indeed, though this is only a IEC standard and not part of SI. They
> write "For consistency with the other prefixes for binary multiples,
> the
> symbol Ki is used for 2^10 rather than ki."
>
> Of course this only opens the door to even more end-user confusion.
There is no scope for confusion; it is all very simple:
k == 1,000 (one thousand)
M == 1,000,000 (one million)
G == 1,000,000,000 (one milliard)
T == 1,000,000,000,000 (one en_GB billion)
Ki == 1,024 (2^10)
Mi == 1,048,576 (2^20)
Gi == 1,073,741,824 (2^30)
Ti == 1,099,511,627,776 (2^40)
--
dwmw2
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-05 16:00 FAQ entry for loopback mounting Ralph Siemsen
2006-04-05 16:27 ` David Woodhouse
[not found] ` <4433F9FE.7020501@rossvideo.com>
2006-04-05 17:27 ` David Woodhouse
2006-04-05 17:36 ` Ralph Siemsen
2006-04-05 19:05 ` Jörn Engel
2006-04-06 10:33 ` David Vrabel
2006-04-06 12:04 ` Ralph Siemsen
2006-04-06 12:15 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2006-04-06 12:39 ` David Vrabel
2006-04-06 13:10 ` Ralph Siemsen
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