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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:00:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Mike Dresser <mdresser_l@windsormachine.com>
To: 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 Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Rik van Riel 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

Dunno about that, the S/N ratio on slashdot seems to get into the kB's
somedays.

=)

mike

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