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

[Cougar]

Some fixes. Too short night with too much coca-cola.. ;-)

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Cougar wrote:

> Yes, there are difference. When we are talking about kilobits, we write it
> in lowercase (kbits). At the same time kilobytes will be written as KB or
> KByte, not kB or kByte. 1000 multiplier (kilo) is used in telco world
> where 19200 is 19.2kbps (remeber your modems). Kilobyte have been always
> 1204 bytes.
>
> It is true that there are many places where 1000 bps are written as Kbps
> not kbps and it makes confusion. But remember, "K" as kilo isn't SI unit
> which is "k" (10^3).
>
> The problematic prefix is M where it is 1024 k/K. For example
> 2 Mbyte = 2 * 1024 * 1024 = 2097152 bytes. At the same time
> 2 Mbps = 2048 kbps = 2048000 bps.
>