Re: New prefixes for binary multiples; kibi, mebi, gibi etc

Elliott Roper <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <doljs2-3fg.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Brown
> <cpbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In article <1h0poyb.j46smp1yzaj2iN%j.simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > J. Simon van der Walt <j.simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >At last, an answer to kilobyte confusion;
> > >
> > >http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
> >
> > That won't catch on becase a) kilobyte, megabyte and gigabyte are now
> > established, and b) kibibyte, mebibyte and gibibyte are clumsy in the mouth
> > and sound stupid.
>
> They do.

[snip]

> To compund the silliness, byte is only loosely aligned with what is
> properly called an octet.

Aha; so, 'kibioctet'; precise *and* euphonious?

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