Dear Charlie,
On 27.11.2014 03:27, Charlie Zender wrote:
>
> After some back and forth, Steve Emmerson of Unidata kindly added
> added support for "octet" and "byte" in UDUnits 2.2.16, released
> in June 2014 (same release that introduced "molecule").
> Both "byte" and "octet" are convertible with "bit":
>
> zender at roulee:~$ udunits2
> You have: kilobytes
> You want: bytes
> 1 kilobytes = 1000 bytes
> x/bytes = 1000*(x/kilobytes)
> You have: bytes
> You want: bits
> 1 bytes = 8 bits
> x/bits = 8*(x/bytes)
>
> With these additions, instruments can archive data acquisition and
> transmission rates, storage capacities, etc. with commonsense,
> UDUnits-compatible units.
>
--> I'm not very familiar with UDUNITS but is there also a "kilobyte"
which is 1024 bytes, the/another common understanding of "kilo" in the
IT world ? Which then also would mean that "mega" is not 1e6 but rather
1024x1024, etc ?
Thanks for your help !
Armin
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Received on Thu Nov 27 2014 - 04:14:14 GMT
