[LINK] Is it Gb or GB?

Pilcher, Fred Fred.Pilcher at act.gov.au
Tue Nov 7 08:59:48 AEDT 2006


David asked:
> We are having a debate over bits, nibbles, bytes and words.  
> If you have
> a 10bit word can that be also called a byte.  I believe not, 
> a byte is 8
> bits.
> 
> Also is it GB for Gigabyte and Gb for Gigabit?  These days a lot of
> people use Gb for Gigabyte; I believe that is wrong too.

I've always believed that GB = gigabyte and Gb = gigabit. 
  
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