(Have a look at http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/outside.html.)
Strictly speaking, "Byte" is actually a prefix, too. A prefix of the
number "1" - however, a prefix with a context. "bit", "rad" and others
are not real units, they are more like "context descriptions" off the
number "1".
I think, the prefixes "...T,G,M,k,m,µ..." should be taken, as they were
for a long time: context specific.
IMAO, if there is any sane way of defining this, it is by giving a base
as index (like the log function). In case of bit, Byte etc. -as they
already define a context- the base is always 2. In case of SI Base
Units, the base is 10.
But that's only my 0.5 Nibble cents/bit (oh, I mean Euro cents/bit).
George
P.S.: What's about using mole?
On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 20:27, Dana Lacoste wrote:
[...]
> there is _no_ standard for what 1MB means. There is a LOT of
> confusion, and most places will accept both
[...]
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