[CF-metadata] New UDUnits units for information: "byte" and "octet"

From: Maarten Sneep <maarten.sneep>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:21:46 +0100

On 27-11-14 12:14, Armin Rauthe-Sch?ch wrote:

> --> 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 ?

Probably not in UDUnits, but there is a different name for those
"slightly more than 1000, but let's treat it as 'kilo' anyway" units.
more info on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte

Best,

Maarten Sneep

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