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From: norman@a.cs.okstate.edu (Norman Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re: CD (roms) question
Message-ID: <3050@okstate.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 88 03:13:37 GMT
References: <1988Jan10.214104.7965@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater
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in article <1988Jan10.214104.7965@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, nishri@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Alex Nishri) says:
>                                                 The actual amount quoted in
> various sources varies both because the term 'megabytes' is not standard (is
> it 1000000 bytes, or 1000 times 1024 bytes or is it 1024 times 1024 bytes?) 

Of course the term 'megabyte' is standard and means 2^20 = 1024 * 1024, just
as a KByte is standard and means 2^10 = 1024 and a gigabyte means 2^30.
But this by no means keeps people from misusing the terms.