Kbytes: Real memory vs. Hard disk space

[drake at drake.almaden.ibm.com]

Each announcement letter for a RISC System/6000 product contains the
following comment:

           NOTE: MB is 1,048,576 bytes (two to the twentieth power) when
           referring to memory; in all other cases it is 1,000,000 (ten to the
           sixth power).
                  GB is 1,073,741,824 bytes (two to the thirtieth power) when
           referring to memory; in all other cases it is 1,000,000,000 (ten to
           the ninth power).


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