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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: KFM download progress indicator
From:       "Yves Arrouye" <yves () realnames ! com>
Date:       1999-10-21 16:06:00
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>> When downloading web page, progress indicator will read say 4.5kb/s. I
>> believe this should be 4.5kB/s to designate Bytes as apposed to bits.
>>
>> Peet
>
> I don't know.
> Anybody ?

If anything, Kb/s (capital K for kilo). Bytes are abbreviate with b. The
context is usually what desambiguates (eg. communication devices report
speed in bits per seconds while file transfer does so in bytes). I've seen
Kb and Kbits, but never KB.

Yves.
 

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