[rrd-users] Re: K Byte notation when using "-b 1024"

[Anthony DeRobertis]

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 04:10:29PM +0100, Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote:

> k and K do not mean kilo==1000 vs. kilo==1024.  K means Kelvin.

Well, in the SI system, no, it doesn't. In traditional computer geek-ish
usage it does.

In either case, though, using 'k' for 1024 is wrong; in SI it should be
e.g., KiB.

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