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Subject:Re: Abbreviation for kilobits per second From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:10:18 -0800
On Mon, 17 Jun 1996 17:09:00 PDT, Heli Roosild wrote:
>According to "A Style Guide for the Computer Industry" by Sun Technical
>Publications, (ISBN 0-13-455347-0), bit is abbreviated in lowercase, and
>byte is abbreviated uppercase.
>Kilobit is abbreviated Kb.
>Kilobyte is abbreviated KB, K, or Kbyte.
It may be different in "the Computer Industry" but I believe a
lowercase 'k' is the standard ISO abbreviation for 'kilo'.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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