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Julian Hall wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: > >> most used as most used and industry standard are not the same thing >> > e.g. how big is a megabyte? Among others hard disk manufacturers will > tell you 1000Kb but even Microsoft now subscribe to the mathematical > binary definition of 1024Kb. > > Kind regards, > > Julian > > I have always thought of 1k as 1024 bytes, and therefore 1 megabyte as 1024 x 1024 bytes, hence the old floppy disks were 1.44 megabytes i think with a hard disk even a 512 megabyte disk, is actually less than 1024x1024x512 when formatted due to the file system, which i think has caused a few arguments, so advertingsing as 1000k, means its actually bigger than that, even when you take into account the formatted file system, less likely to prompt complaints otherwise advertising something as 2.0 gigabytes, if smaller is a breach of advertising rules as it a false description or something, Paul -- Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format DCLUG - chat http://www.zleap.net/chat next meet - TBA -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html