100Mbps Ethernet Speed/Efficiency

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 09:02 4/7/2004, you wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:19:49AM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> >         1. In communications, everything is in powers of 10. So K = 1,000,
> >            M = 1,000,000, and 56 Kbps = 56,000. In computing, however,
> >            everything is in powers of 2, so K = 1,024, and M =
> >            1,048,576.
>
>Actually, I've learned that differently: "K" stands for x1024 like in KB
>(KiloByte = 1024 bytes) and "k" stands for x1000 (like km = kilometer =
>1000meters).

I don't buy it, Thomas. While I can find lots of evidence for my earlier 
comment (e.g. a T1 is 1.544Mbps = 1,544,000 bps but a megabyte (MB) is 
1,048,576), I cannot find anything whatsoever to indicate that using a 
lowercase "k" indicates 1,000 while an uppercase "K" indicates 1,024.

While I can see that as a reasonable assumption for one person to make, I 
do not believe it is standard in any community or medium. Feel free to 
argue the contrary... I'm very convinced that I'm right, but I'm always 
willing to listen.


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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