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  1. Bug #240073
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 240073

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In , David (david-redhat-bugs) wrote :

To correct the misinformation in comment #4 above:

The prefixes for binary multiples are not just 'geekspeek', and neither are they
merely 'a proposal'. They have been an IEC standard since 1998.

See http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html for further background.