Changed to uppercase B for Bytes #544
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I agree. Standard names units "bit" (bit) or "B" (byte), "b" for bit is not standard. |
But only in abbreviations such as kbit vs kB or Mbit vs MB. But when using the whole word (bit, byte) one sticks with a non-capitalized form unless the unit is a proper name (e.g. Ohm, Volt, Ampere vs miles, inches, bits, or bytes). The only times you would want "Byte" instead of "byte" are
If you are trying to catch those cases, then you also need to change 'bit' to 'Bit' in the same line. If, instead, you are trying to correct the "Mbit/s" and "Mbyte/s" that are displayed, a more accurate change would be to replace "byte" with "B" - producing the technically correct "MB/s" and "Mbit/s". Then, of course, you need to decide if you are following JEDEC, IEC, or some other standard as they don't all agree. BTW I did check the code, and "Mbit" or "MB" are correct for this implementation, not "Mibit" or "MiB" |
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If we talk about a number followed by a prefix and a unit, school grammar is unlikely normative. The most recent standard is IEC 80000-13:2008, and this is the one that is referred by major standardization comittees (BIMP, NIST, IEC). |
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IMHO, it would be best to use the standard IEC units based on binary instead decimal base, since we always have defined internet speeds with a binary base (1024 bits = 1 kilobit) With decimal base we have 1000 bytes = 1kB = 8000 bits = 8kbit. Speeds could then be noted as 8192 Kibit/s, 1024 KiB/s, 8 Mibit/s or 1 MiB/s. |
This makes it clearer, and is the standard way of representing the difference between bit and Byte.