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[Bug 831501] Re: incorrect abbreviations of GB, MB, KB in UI (extra 'i')

 

The submitter was unaware that there were different naming schemes for
decimal and binary numbers

** Changed in: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Converted to question:
   https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+question/168889

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Title:
  incorrect abbreviations of GB, MB, KB in UI (extra 'i')

Status in “gnome-system-monitor” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  The UI has GiB, MiB, KiB as abbreviations for what I presume are GB, MB, and KB.
  That makes no more sense than using Kim (instead of km) for kilometer.
  I assume that you are correctly using B for byte, even in network bandwidth.
  (If you mean bit, then it should be b and not B.)
  MB - megabyte
  Mb - megabit
  etc.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.28.2-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.47-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Aug 22 13:05:29 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-21 (62 days ago)

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