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From: acli@byron.net4.io.org (Ambrose Li)
Subject: Re: degrees Celsius
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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 01:44:28 GMT
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On Sat, 18 Jan 1997 08:08:14 -0600, in article <32E0D94E.2037@hal-pc.org>, Ralph M Jones  <rmjones@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>How else would you define 1MB?

1 MB is supposed to be 1024  1024 = 1048576 bytes.

(In computer usage, 1000 is not a round number; 1024 is.)

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