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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Bug#17276: KB (short for kilobyte) should be kB
From:       Richard Moore <rich () ipso-facto ! freeserve ! co ! uk>
Date:       2000-12-18 18:26:54
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I'm not sure this is actually applicable - kilobytes are not
SI units. Given that 1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes not 1000, the
capitalisation is the least of the problems!

I don't think we've standardised this sort of thing yet, but
I guess it should be included in the look and feel guidelines
somewhere. I'm cc'ing this to kde-look for comment.

Rich.

leen@cc22149-a.groni1.gr.nl.home.com wrote:
> 
> Package: konqueror
> Version: 1.9.8 (KDE 2.1 Beta 1 >= 20001213)
> Severity: normal
> Compiler: gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
> OS: Linux 2.2.16 i686 (SuSE)
> 
> According to the International System of Units (SI), the symbol of kilo is "k" \
> (lower case), and _not_ "K" (upper case). See \
> http://www.bipm.fr/enus/3_SI/si-prefixes.html

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     Richard Moore		rich@ipso-facto.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.macromedia.com/	rjmoore@macromedia.com
http://developer.kde.org/	rich@kde.org


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