From kde-look  Tue Dec 19 11:29:16 2000
From: Peter Putzer <pputzer () edu ! uni-klu ! ac ! at>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:29:16 +0000
To: kde-look
Subject: Re: Bug#17276: KB (short for kilobyte) should be kB
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-look&m=97722533222984

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Federico Cozzi wrote:

> 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....

kilobytes == KB
kilobits == kb (or kbits)