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Line 725: == Bits - IEEE 1541 defines b as symbol not bit == [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Units and symbols often written incorrectly]] " By extension, the symbols for the units of data rate [[kilobit per second]], [[megabit per second]] and so on are ''kbit/s'' (not ''kbps'' or ''Kbps''), ''Mbit/s'' (not ''Mbps'' or ''mbps''), etc. Similarly, [[kilobyte per second]] and [[megabyte per second]] are ''kB/s'' (not ''kBps'' or ''KBps'') and ''MB/s'' (not ''Mbps'' or ''MBps''). " This contradicts somehow [[Bit#Abbreviation and symbol]] "[[IEEE 1541]] a commonly-quoted relevant standard, specifies "b" to be the unit symbol for bit and "B" to be that for byte. This convention is also widely used in computing." [[User:TechControl\|TechControl]] ([[User talk:TechControl\|talk]]) 15:36, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

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