FAQ entry for loopback mounting

[David Woodhouse]

On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 08:04 -0400, Ralph Siemsen wrote:
> 
> Indeed, though this is only a IEC standard and not part of SI.  They 
> write "For consistency with the other prefixes for binary multiples,
> the 
> symbol Ki is used for 2^10 rather than ki."
> 
> Of course this only opens the door to even more end-user confusion.

There is no scope for confusion; it is all very simple:

k == 1,000                (one thousand)
M == 1,000,000            (one million)
G == 1,000,000,000        (one milliard)
T == 1,000,000,000,000    (one en_GB billion)

Ki == 1,024               (2^10)
Mi == 1,048,576           (2^20)
Gi == 1,073,741,824       (2^30)
Ti == 1,099,511,627,776   (2^40)

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