[Year 12 IT Apps] [Humor] Kilobyte

[john Schwartz]

Make that 1 nybble.
John Schwartz
Coordinator of ICT Education 
Parade College
jschwartz at parade.vic.edu.au

-----Original Message-----
From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Chris Denny
Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 10:04 AM
To: 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] [Humor] Kilobyte

8 bits = 1 byte
4 bits = 1 nibble???

Chris Denny
ICT Co-ordinator
Trafalgar High School
Phone:    56331733
Fax:        56332378
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 8:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] [Humor] Kilobyte

I like that.  Personally, I drew the line at kibibytes 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte).  I was perfectly happy with 
kilobytes until someone decided to make things "less confusing" by 
redefining the term.

Grrr!


Margaret Lawson wrote:
> /There has been a lot of confusion over 1024 vs 1000, KBYTE vs KBIT and 
> the capitalisatoin for each ...../
> 
> http://xkcd.com/394/
> 
> enjoy!
> 
> Margaret
> 
> -- 
> Margaret Lawson
> 
> margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net
> 


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