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.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH units 7 2023-02-10 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH units 7 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
units \- decimal and binary prefixes
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ R ronna 10\[ha]27 = 1000000000000000000000000000
Q quetta 10\[ha]30 = 1000000000000000000000000000000
.TE
.RE
-.PP
+.P
The symbol for micro is the Greek letter mu, often written u
in an ASCII context where this Greek letter is not available.
.SS Binary prefixes
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Before these binary prefixes were introduced, it was fairly
common to use k=1000 and K=1024, just like b=bit, B=byte.
Unfortunately, the M is capital already, and cannot be
capitalized to indicate binary-ness.
-.PP
+.P
At first that didn't matter too much, since memory modules
and disks came in sizes that were powers of two, so everyone
knew that in such contexts "kilobyte" and "megabyte" meant
@@ -81,26 +81,26 @@ regarded as the "real true meaning" when computers were involved.
But then disk technology changed, and disk sizes became arbitrary numbers.
After a period of uncertainty all disk manufacturers settled on the
standard, namely k=1000, M=1000\ k, G=1000\ M.
-.PP
+.P
The situation was messy: in the 14k4 modems, k=1000; in the 1.44\ MB
.\" also common: 14.4k modem
diskettes, M=1024000; and so on.
In 1998 the IEC approved the standard
that defines the binary prefixes given above, enabling people
to be precise and unambiguous.
-.PP
+.P
Thus, today, MB = 1000000\ B and MiB = 1048576\ B.
-.PP
+.P
In the free software world programs are slowly
being changed to conform.
When the Linux kernel boots and says
-.PP
+.P
.in +4n
.EX
hda: 120064896 sectors (61473 MB) w/2048KiB Cache
.EE
.in
-.PP
+.P
the MB are megabytes and the KiB are kibibytes.
.SH SEE ALSO
.UR https://www.bipm.org/\:documents/\:20126/\:41483022/\:SI\-Brochure\-9.pdf