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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kB in KDiskFreeSpace and others
From:       Jeff Mitchell <kde-dev () emailgoeshere ! com>
Date:       2008-03-28 12:17:04
Message-ID: 200803280817.05064.kde-dev () emailgoeshere ! com
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On Friday 28 March 2008, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On Friday 28 March 2008 12:49:49 Jeff Mitchell wrote:
> > > However, we're going towards the KiB acronym, for which there's no such
> > > ambiguity. Whether anyone says "kibibyte" aloud remains to be seen
> > > ("kays", "megs" and "gigs" are more common aloud).
> >
> > Come on, you know you want to be heard saying "kibs", "mibs", and "gibs"
> >  :-)
> I think the term "teras" is already entering popular vocabulary, but how
> soon until "petas" ? :-)
>
> (we should really use the more correct term "bazillion")

What you mean to say, of course, is "teribs", "petibs", and "bazibion"



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