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Subject:k vs K From:Wolf Lahti <wduby -at- PACCAR -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:05:31 -0800
David Dubin said
>Most of the rest of the world and the American military will tell you
>that K stands for Kilo..., which of course, stands for SINGLE THOUSANDS
>in the metric system.
Bzzzzt! Wrong!
>After all Brad, does a 5K run cover the distance of 5120 meters?
Yes, it would, since K has never meant 10^3 but rather 2^10. The upper- and
lowercase designations refer to two different standards of measurement. To
ignore this is tantamount to ignoring the distinction between m and M, which
are, of course, respectively 10^-3 and 10^6.
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