Data size units in software

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From: Juerd
Subject: Data size units in software
Date: 21:45 on 30 Oct 2003

top (procps, 3.1.9)

    "m" => megabyte

iftop (0.11)

    "KB" => kilobit
    "Kb" => kilobit
    "MB" => megabit
    "Mb" => megabit

Konqueror, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape 4

    "KB" => kilobyte
    "MB" => megabyte

wget (GNU, 1.8.2)

    "K" => kilobyte
    "KB" => kilobyte

Correct would be:

    "kb" => kilobit
    "kB" => kilobyte
    "Mb" => megabit
    "MB" => megabyte

millibits do not exist => "mb" is wrong
millibytes do not exist => "mB" is wrong

Hate hate hate.


Yours,

Juerd

P.S. I hate "MiB" and friends even more. Bytes go per 1024 instead of
1000. Always. The hard drive manufacturers should change their
information, not the rest of the world.

Data size units in software Juerd 21:45 on 30 Oct 2003
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