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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Bug#17276: KB (short for kilobyte) should be kB
From:       Federico Cozzi <cozzi () cibslogin ! sns ! it>
Date:       2000-12-18 18:34:44
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Richard Moore wrote:

> 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.

In kde-i18n we agreed that the correct capitalization is "K"
The lowercase "k" is an SI standard for 1000.

And yes, we should standardise this kind of thing. Having worked as a KDE
translator, I can tell you that having to translate "Kb", "KB", "kB", "kb"
is a pain. Not to forget "OK", "Ok" and so on....

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Federico Cozzi                              Federico.Cozzi@sns.it
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