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TechControl (talk | contribs) →Symbol for bits: bit or b?: insert comment, - that the former posting went between Greg and Shreevatsa was due to editing at same time. Obviously it took me more than 4 min diff to write my post |
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:* I, for one, completely agree. Does 'current, most-reliable literature on the subject' use '''bit''' more commonly than '''b'''? [[User:Shreevatsa|Shreevatsa]] ([[User talk:Shreevatsa|talk]]) 13:43, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
::* Please keep feet on planet Earth and lets help to make Wikipedia which exists for the inhabitants of that planet better. And that's what BIPM, ISO, IEC is for - the inhabitants of planet Earth. [[User:TechControl|TechControl]] ([[User talk:TechControl|talk]]) 14:02, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Actually we ''do'' write [[KiB]] (follow the link). This is standard writing. And so is '''b''' for bit. I quote [[ISO/IEC 80000]]:
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To declare '''bit''' to be the symbol for '''bit''' will not help in education, it will prevent spreading ''good'' knowledge. [[User:TechControl|TechControl]] ([[User talk:TechControl|talk]]) 13:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
== Son of autoformatting would expose us to an extremely risky experiment ==
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