[flow-tools] 1 Mb = 1000000 bytes?! ;-)

[Jay A . Kreibich]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 08:41:32AM -0700, Mark Boolootian scratched on the wall:

> > I suppose it isn't correct, is it? ;-)
> > I think 1Mb = 1048576 bytes....

  In the networking world 1Mb is one megabit.  1MB is one megabyte.

> The general rule of thumb is that you use powers of 10 when dealing
> with networking and powers of 2 when dealing with storage (disk, RAM).
> Note that ethernet is 10^6 bit/sec, fastE is 10^7 bit/sec, etc.  So
> flow-tools is doing the right thing.

  Disks *manufactures* most definitely use powers of 10, although most
  software (OS tools, etc.) use powers of 2.

   -j

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