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From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
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Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.hel
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 ncw@axis.demon.co.uk wrote:

> Actually a 1 Mb/s connection is 1024000 bits/second (ie not 1000000 or
> 1048576 bits/second).

But gigabit ethernet is clocked at 1.25GHz with 8b10-encoding, meaning 
you'll get literally 1.000.000.000 bits/second over that line. As far as I 
know this is true for all kinds of ethernet.
 
Basically, it's only when it comes to memory terms that we use 1024 as a 
base.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se

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