While it is true that M = 10^6 and k = 10^3, surely that doesn't apply to
byte quantities?!? At least I have always interpreted 1 Megabyte = 1024
kilobytes = 1024*1024 bytes, and I think the poster meant the same when
writing 1MB = 1000k...
If we are nitpicking, he probably should have written 1MiB = 1000kiB. [Feel
free to correct me if I am wrong, but IIRC, Mi and ki are the abbreviations
for 2^10 multiples rather than 10^3...]
Anton
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