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Re: Dirt Cheap Computers

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From: pjan2
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:00
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DaZZa wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, it was written:
> 
> > > well, if you want to get tricky then the correct SI abbreviation would be
> > > Mb/s.
> >
> > If so, what would megabits per second be?
> 
> mb/s
> 
> Large M = MegaBYTES
> Little m = megaBITS
> 
> DaZZa

You mean "m" as in "mili"?  Can you point me to instances of this?

Paul

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