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There is no consensus to use the newer IEC-recommended prefixes in Wikipedia articles to represent binary units. '''There is consensus that editors should not change prefixes from one style to the other,''' especially if there is uncertainty as to which term is appropriate within the context—one must be certain whether "100 GB" means binary not decimal units in the material at hand before disambiguation. When this is certain the use of parentheses for binary prefixes, for example "256 KB (256×210 bytes)", is acceptable, as is the use of footnotes to disambiguate prefixes. Use of IEC prefixes is also acceptable for disambiguation (256 KiB). '''When in doubt, stay with established usage in the article, and follow the lead of the first major contributor.''' Prefixes in directly quoted passages are never changed; if explanation is necessary, use a more exact measurement in square brackets.
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You might also refer to http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html , and to [[binary prefixes]].
Will you please revert your changes to the prefixes? I could, but you are in a better position to retain the other changes you made in the same edit. [[User:Jeh|Jeh]] ([[User talk:Jeh|talk]]) 04:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
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