>Number:         18408
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       abbreviation for SI prefix 'kilo' is 'k' NOT 'K'.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    standards-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep 24 21:09:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Chris Demetriou
>Release:        1.6
>Organization:
Pedants 'r' Us
>Environment:
1.6 fresh off the FTP server, on a Shark.
>Description:
The abbreviation for the SI prefix 'kilo' is 'k', not 'K' as it is
commonly misused.

See also:

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html
>How-To-Repeat:
man humanize_number

run "systat iostat" while a disk is experiencing kilobytes of I/O
per second.
>Fix:
Just use 'k'.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: