KiB MiB are not SI prefixes but IEC ones

[Harold Hunt]

Olivier,

I never thought someone would catch me on that one... but you are correct.
KiB and MiB are not SI prefixes, they are IEC prefices.  I changed the news
item accordingly.

Thanks,

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Olivier Crumeyrolle
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:36 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: KiB MiB are not SI prefixes but IEC ones
>
>
> I can read on the page  http://cygwin.com/xfree/
> "We are now using the SI prefixes  for binary files sizes, according to"
>
> <http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html>
>
> But according to this NIST  web page,
> "It is important to recognize that the new prefixes for binary multiples
> are not part of the
> International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system. "
>
>
> Yours,
>
>
> O Crumeyrolle.
>
>