FW: [Fwd: Proposed standard for binary prefixes]
Note below.
Jim Carlo(jcarlo@ti.com) Cellular:1-214-693-1776 Voice&Fax:1-214-853-5274
TI Fellow, Networking Standards at Texas Instruments
Chair, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 Telecom and Info Exchange Between Systems
Chair, IEEE802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
-----Original Message-----
From: Standards Activities Board [mailto:SAB2000@COMPUTER.ORG] On Behalf
Of Jim Isaak
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 10:01 AM
To: SAB2000@COMPUTER.ORG
Subject: [Fwd: Proposed standard for binary prefixes]
If you see any serious problems in this standard,
please get back to Bruce diretly ....
The essential issue: is 1k 1024 or 1000?
and similar variations ...
kibi Ki kilobinary: (210) kilo: (103) k
mebi Mi megabinary: (210)2 mega: (103)2 M
gibi Gi gigabinary: (210)3 giga: (103)3 G
tebi Ti terabinary: (210)4 tera: (103)4 T
pebi Pi petabinary: (210)5 peta: (103)5 P
exbi Ei exabinary: (210)6 exa: (103)6 E
Example:
- one kibibit 1 Kib = 210 b = 1024 b
- one megabyte 1 MB = 106 B = 1,000,000 B
- one mebibyte 1 MiB = 220 B = 1,048,576 B
- one megaoctet 1 Mo = 106 o = 1,000,000 o
- one mebioctet 1 Mio = 220 o = 1,048,576 o
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Proposed standard for binary prefixes
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:39:22 -0500
From: Bruce Barrow <barrow@mitretek.org>
Organization: GSA
To: j.isaak@computer.org
CC: d.pribula@ieee.org
Jim,
You will recall that we have been working on proposed standard
prefixes
for binary multiples. I have been asked to coordinate with the
Computer
Society, and you volunteered to be my contact point. Please review
the
attached draft and let me have your comments. Thanks.
Bruce Barrow
Chair, SCC14
P1541D2a.doc