It's a notation I'd like to see adopted across the entire computing industry, but it's not the case right now. As it stands, the two are completely interchangeable and the meaning depends on whether you're talking about storage space (i.e. hard drives. etc.) or actual bits & bytes. Personally, I think it's ridiculous tht the industry has been allowed to get away with the 'less than accurate' descriptions of storage space when accuracy is demanded of everything they teach in electronics school. :/ Peace, Gman http://www.bornagainamerican.org "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan B" <spuse_scrise@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:44 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: MB's? > > Hi, > What do you know about "k" meaning "*1000" and "K" meaning"*1024?" That > is the notation I got used to. > Yes, I think the idea of using "1000" instead of "1024" comes for ease > of understanding and describing some terms of memory in digital domain. > > Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------