[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Print KB for 1024 bytes

[Dujardin Bernard]

Hi,
A link for bytes and bits multiples

http://foldoc.org/?atto-

Another reference with link to ISO and IEC standards

<http://www.answers.com/topic/binary-prefix#wp-_note-0>http://www.answers.com/topic/binary-prefix#wp-_note-0

Best regards

Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski a ?crit :
> On Thursday, 15 February 2007 at 23:42, The Wanderer wrote:
>   
>> Panagiotis Issaris wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> M?ns Rullg?rd schreef:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Panagiotis Issaris said: [...]
>>>>         
>>>>> I do not think that the meaning of units should be context
>>>>> dependent.
>>>>>           
>>>> They are.  Just accept it.
>>>>         
>>> Units such as "s", "m", "g"
>>>       
>> "m" is obviously "meters", and "g" could be "gallons" or "the standard
>> unit of gravity", but what's "s"?
>>     
>
> 'g' is grams and 's' is seconds.
>
>   
>>> and prefixes such as "M", "G", ... are _not_ context dependent.
>>>       
>> Actually, yes, they are; "M" means either "1000000" or "1048576",
>> depending on context, just as "K" means either "1000" or "1024"
>> depending on context.
>>     
>
> No, 'K' never means anything else than 1024.
>
> Regards,
> R.
>
>   

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