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minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoPlease note that kilo is a small k. n, μ, m, k, M, G, T, … And yes. A lot of people here get at least one of those wrong.
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWhile you are correct, I know no operating system that doesn’t capitalize the K. At the very least not consistently.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI just checked and my Android phone does indeed make the same error. Amazing.
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI guess it’s for consistency. M, G and T are all capital and n, p or μ aren’t relevant for bits and bytes. Makes sense to also capitalize the k. Edit: In case of kbps and Mbps, the capitalization is usually correct though…
Please note that kilo is a small k. n, μ, m, k, M, G, T, …
And yes. A lot of people here get at least one of those wrong.
While you are correct, I know no operating system that doesn’t capitalize the K. At the very least not consistently.
I just checked and my Android phone does indeed make the same error. Amazing.
I guess it’s for consistency. M, G and T are all capital and n, p or μ aren’t relevant for bits and bytes. Makes sense to also capitalize the k.
Edit: In case of kbps and Mbps, the capitalization is usually correct though…