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Re: MegaByte/Bit
On Mon, 2 Feb 1998 fnevgeny@plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il wrote:
>If you can point me to an international standard confirming what you said,
>I'll admit my ignorance publicily.
>
> http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym?Mb
> http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?Mb
>
I am quoting what wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk returned:
"Some years ago, it is claimed, "MB" always meant megabytes and "Mb"
meant megabits but recently this useful distinction has been lost."
Well, it seems like your 'ignorancy' has been proven, yet at the same time
saying this distinction has been lost. It is now up to the people to
decide if you are guilty or not :)
- Amir Milo