Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in Configure.help.

Andreas Ferber (aferber@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
Fri, 21 Dec 2001 21:50:13 +0100

On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 11:43:40AM -0600, Bob Glamm wrote:

> Basic unit of weight: 1 g

Actually the base unit of mass is 1 kg, which relates to history.
See http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/units.html

Andreas

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