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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:35:32 -0300 (BRT)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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Subject: Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help
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On 18 Mar 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> The unit here is B, which does conflict with the unit bel, but is
> widely used to mean byte in computer contexts.

Also, the kilobell is highly unlikely to be used ;)

Rik
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