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Kry

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Re: kilobit vs kilobyte
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2009, 12:00:23 AM »
You should read the link Stu left for you.

Meaning: Unless you're planning on using kibibits, there is no other option than to use kilobyte, and abbreviate it the way you see fit (kB, btw!).
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Re: kilobit vs kilobyte
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2009, 10:58:54 PM »
Well, byte is no SI unit as this document proves. So the SI prefix definition clearly doesn't apply.  :D
And did you notice how they wriggled around the question using the bit example instead of the byte example?

(I wonder how much discussion it cost to write that Wikipedia article...)
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