Peter Hansen wrote: > For the rest of the computer world, unless I've missed > a changing of the guard or something, "kilo" is 1024 > and "mega" is 1024*1024 and so forth... In case this isn't clear yet: you have missed a changing of the guard or something. "kibi" is 1024, "mebi" is 1024*1024 and so forth. "kilo" is 1000. Regards, Martin