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Old 01-08-2002, 08:47 AM  
wiZd0m
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You guys are all wrong. ^R3K^ still beleives the earth is flat and sitting on pillars too. Mango, if you input wrong units in your calculator, it will give you an innacurate result
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<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">&nbsp;Factor&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="13%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Name&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Symbol&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="34%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Origin</font></td>
<td width="23%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Derivation&nbsp;</font></td>
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<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">&nbsp;2<sup>10</sup></font></td>
<td width="13%" align="center"><font color="#000080">kibi</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Ki</font></td>
<td width="34%" align="center"><font color="#000080">kilobinary: (2<sup>10</sup>)<sup>1</sup></font></td>
<td width="23%" align="center"><font color="#000080">kilo: (10<sup>3</sup>)<sup>1</sup></font></td>
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<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">&nbsp;2<sup>20</sup></font></td>
<td width="13%" align="center"><font color="#000080">mebi</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Mi</font></td>
<td width="34%" align="center"><font color="#000080">megabinary: (2<sup>10</sup>)<sup>2&nbsp;</sup></font></td>
<td width="23%" align="center"><font color="#000080">mega: (10<sup>3</sup>)<sup>2</sup></font></td>
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<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">&nbsp;2<sup>30</sup></font></td>
<td width="13%" align="center"><font color="#000080">gibi</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Gi</font></td>
<td width="34%" align="center"><font color="#000080">gigabinary: (2<sup>10</sup>)<sup>3</sup></font></td>
<td width="23%" align="center"><font color="#000080">giga: (10<sup>3</sup>)<sup>3</sup></font></td>
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<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">&nbsp;2<sup>40</sup></font></td>
<td width="13%" align="center"><font color="#000080">tebi</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Ti</font></td>
<td width="34%" align="center"><font color="#000080">terabinary: (2<sup>10</sup>)<sup>4</sup></font></td>
<td width="23%" align="center"><font color="#000080">tera: (10<sup>3</sup>)<sup>4</sup></font></td>
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<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">&nbsp;2<sup>50</sup></font></td>
<td width="13%" align="center"><font color="#000080">pebi</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Pi</font></td>
<td width="34%" align="center"><font color="#000080">petabinary: (2<sup>10</sup>)<sup>5</sup></font></td>
<td width="23%" align="center"><font color="#000080">peta: (10<sup>3</sup>)<sup>5</sup></font></td>
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<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">&nbsp;2<sup>60</sup></font></td>
<td width="13%" align="center"><font color="#000080">exbi</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center"><font color="#000080">Ei</font></td>
<td width="34%" align="center"><font color="#000080">exabinary: (2<sup>10</sup>)<sup>6</sup></font></td>
<td width="23%" align="center"><font color="#000080">exa: (10<sup>3</sup>)<sup>6</sup></font></td>
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<td ALIGN=RIGHT BGCOLOR="#D0F0C8"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">one kibibit</font></td>

<td BGCOLOR="#D0F0C8"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">*1 Kibit = 2<sup>10</sup> bit = 1024 bit</font></td>
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<td ALIGN=RIGHT bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">one kilobit</font></td>

<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">*1 kbit = 10<sup>3</sup> bit = 1000 bit</font></td>
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<td ALIGN=RIGHT BGCOLOR="#D0F0C8"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">one mebibyte</font></td>

<td BGCOLOR="#D0F0C8"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">*1 MiB = 2<sup>20</sup> B = 1 048 576 B</font></td>
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<td ALIGN=RIGHT bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">one megabyte</font></td>

<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">*1 MB = 10<sup>6</sup> B = 1 000 000 B</font></td>
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<td ALIGN=RIGHT BGCOLOR="#D0F0C8"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">one gibibyte</font></td>

<td BGCOLOR="#D0F0C8"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">*1 GiB = 2<sup>30</sup> B = 1 073 741 824
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<td ALIGN=RIGHT bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">one gigabyte</font></td>

<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#111111">*1 GB = 10<sup>9</sup> B = 1 000 000 000 B</font></td>
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The complete citation for this revised standard is IEC 60027-2, Second edition, 2000-11, Letter symbols to be used in electrical technology - Part 2: Telecommunications and electronics.


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