FYI : Kb = kilo bit KB = kilo byte Mb = mega bit MB = mega byte

2012-01-16 09:24:13

The computer industry has tried to standardize the meanings of binary prefixes. There is ambiguity in how the old nomenclature is used. There is now a more precise standard that is more precise when describing bit and byte quantities. Kibibyte = 2^10 bytes = 1024 bytes Mebibyte = 2^20 bytes = 1048576 bytes and others http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix which is part of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60027 This standard attempts to overcome ambiguity. Yes it is change and is annoying but it's very specific and guarantees what you write is what others will read.

2012-03-24 21:44:57 (mrmeval )

Be clear. Label the Kb on the main screen to be Kilobits or Kilobytes. I'm still not clear which you mean. The 1024 vs 1000 is a detail in this context.

2011-09-23 18:32:36

lower case b means bits, upper case B means bytes. So Kb is always kilobits. Kilobyte would be KB

2012-02-22 16:27:32

Just for information, "k" meaning "kilo" should be always low case - "k", never "K". Upper case is simbol of "Kelvin", unit for absolute temperature.

2012-02-24 08:15:33

Per ISO and NIST a lower case 'k' is the proper prefix for the 1000s multiplier kilo. The upper case 'K' does not represent kilo (http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html). As was previously posted, the Kibi (Ki) prefix is used to represent 2^10, or 1024 decimal as a multiplier (http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html). Also, technically "bit" is the proper abbreviation for "binary digit", not 'b', whereas 'B' is generally - but not always - understood to be an 8-bit byte. A kilobyte per second would be 1000 x 8 bits/byte = 8000 bits per second, whereas a Kibibyte per second would be 1024 x 8 bits/byte = 8192 bits per second.

2012-11-29 01:01:22 (viasatguy )