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s/K/k #18181 05/04/03 07:00 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16 T t0m OP Pikka bird
OP t0m Pikka bird T Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16	Not a big deal, but the symbol for kilo is 'k', not 'K'. $bytes returns a cap K when used with .suf. I havent checked dccs but they probably use K as well.

Re: s/K/k #18182 06/04/03 01:38 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523 Q qwerty Hoopy frood
qwerty Hoopy frood Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523	No. K is the correct symbol, since kilo here isn't 1000, it's 1024 (we're talking about bytes, and 1 KB = 2^10 = 1024 bytes). Technically, k is used for 10^3 and K for 2^10. Read this. Windows seems to agree with this too, since it uses KB everywhere. /.timerQ 1 0 echo /.timerQ 1 0 $timer(Q).com

Re: s/K/k #18183 06/04/03 06:10 AM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,809 C codemastr Hoopy frood
codemastr Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,809	The way I've generally seen it is KB = kiloBYTE kb = kileBIT.

Re: s/K/k #18184 06/04/03 05:30 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16 T t0m OP Pikka bird
OP t0m Pikka bird T Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 16	thats right, i did not know. thank you qwerty for the explanations+link.

Re: s/K/k #18185 14/04/03 03:39 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 18 Bellingham, WA, US N Nemo Pikka bird
Nemo Pikka bird N Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 18 Bellingham, WA, US	you should use Kb for kiloBIT, not kb, technically

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