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John said:
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/savannah/acronym/acropc.htm

IEEE

PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC) TERMS

KB... KILOBYTE = 1024 bytes

MB... Megabyte, 1024 Kilobytes

GB... GIGABYTE = 1024 Megabytes

Tb... TERABYTE = 1024 Gb

A troll who will say anything, no matter how nakedly
false/misleading, sometimes apparently simply to extend discussion
of his closet bound beliefs.
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You just proved you can't read.

No one said they can't be used WHEN THE NON STANDARD USAGE IS EXPLICITLY
POINTED OUT.

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

"the IEEE Standards Board decided that IEEE standards will use the
conventional, internationally adopted, definitions of the SI prefixes. Mega
will mean 1 000 000, except that the base-two definition may be used (if
such usage is explicitly pointed out on a case-by-case basis)"
 
John Doe wrote:

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Btw, nice job with your typical 'ignore anything to the contrary' about the
fact that 'megabyte' is neither 'megabyte' nor 'megabyte', take your pick,
in your 1.44 'megabyte' floppy example.
 
David Maynard said:
Thanks.

I had no idea my humorous little word was going to stir up so much
interest both pro and con.
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Some folks just don't have any sense of humor either.......

Ed
 
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