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Re: Re: In pg_test_fsync, use K(1024) rather than k(1000) for write size units. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: Re: In pg_test_fsync, use K(1024) rather than k(1000) for write size units.
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In response to Re: Re: In pg_test_fsync, use K(1024) rather than k(1000) for write size units.  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Re: In pg_test_fsync, use K(1024) rather than k(1000) for write size units.  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Re: Re: In pg_test_fsync, use K(1024) rather than k(1000) for write size units.  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytes#Unit_symbol
> 
> You can see the chart on the right.
According to which, the JEDEC standard requires KB and the IEC
standard requires KiB.  What standard led us to use kB instead?  It
seems to generally mean 1000 instead of 1024.
> However, I agree 'kB' is the best.
Why?
-Kevin

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