Bug 189974

Summary:	Strange/stupid/silly abbreviations for size units
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Holger Dörnhoff <h.doernhoff>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	andresbajotierra
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.2.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
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Description Holger Dörnhoff 2009-04-18 16:16:51 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

KDE 4 uses:
KiB instead of KB for KiloByte
MiB instead of MB for MegaByte
GiB instead of GB for GigaByte

This is strange/stupid/silly.

Comment 1 Pino Toscano 2009-04-18 16:29:30 UTC

KiB (KibiByte) is not the same as KB (KiloByte), see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte .
They are not strange, nor stupid nor silly; just another unit.

Comment 2 Dario Andres 2009-04-19 16:52:03 UTC

Closing as INVALID as this is not a bug.
Thanks