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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:30:57 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: "Ben Piela" <ben.piela@onstor.com>
Subject: Re: MiB
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiB

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:28:42 -0700 "Ben Piela" <ben.piela@onstor.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> What does "MiB" stand for?  If it is for Megabytes, what does the "i"
> stand for?  
> 
>  
> 
> Certainly, my kids would say it stands for "Men in Black", but when I
> do a volume show command and I see something like "Avail (MiB)", I
> don't think it is referring to the movie...
> 
>  
> 
> If this is a standard acronym or abbreviation, then no problem.  I
> would think that Megabyte should be MB or Mb.  I have no idea what
> the i is for...
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Ben
> 
