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intro.1, _exit.2, access.2, alarm.2, alloc_hugepages.2, arch_prctl.2, bind.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chown.2, chroot.2, clock_getres.2, clock_nanosleep.2, close.2, connect.2, delete_module.2, dup.2, execve.2, exit_group.2, faccessat.2, fchmodat.2, fchownat.2, fcntl.2, fork.2, fstatat.2, fsync.2, futimesat.2, get_robust_list.2, getdents.2, getdomainname.2, getgid.2, getgroups.2, gethostname.2, getpagesize.2, getpid.2, getresuid.2, getrlimit.2, getrusage.2, gettid.2, gettimeofday.2, getuid.2, getunwind.2, idle.2, init_module.2, intro.2, iopl.2, kcmp.2, kexec_load.2, kill.2, link.2, linkat.2, llseek.2, lookup_dcookie.2, madvise.2, mincore.2, mkdirat.2, mknodat.2, mmap.2, mmap2.2, mount.2, mprotect.2, mq_getsetattr.2, msgctl.2, msgget.2, msgop.2, msync.2, nice.2, open.2, openat.2, pause.2, perfmonctl.2, personality.2, pipe.2, poll.2, posix_fadvise.2, prctl.2, pread.2, process_vm_readv.2, quotactl.2, read.2, readahead.2, readdir.2, readlinkat.2, readv.2, reboot.2, recvmmsg.2, remap_file_pages.2, rename.2, renameat.2, rmdir.2, rt_sigqueueinfo.2, select.2, select_tut.2, semctl.2, semget.2, semop.2, sendmmsg.2, set_tid_address.2, seteuid.2, setfsgid.2, setfsuid.2, setgid.2, setresuid.2, setuid.2, setup.2, sgetmask.2, shmctl.2, shmget.2, shmop.2, sigaction.2, sigaltstack.2, signal.2, sigpending.2, sigprocmask.2, sigreturn.2, sigsuspend.2, sigwaitinfo.2, splice.2, stat.2, statfs.2, stime.2, subpage_prot.2, swapon.2, symlink.2, symlinkat.2, sync.2, sync_file_range.2, syscalls.2, sysctl.2, sysfs.2, syslog.2, tee.2, time.2, timer_create.2, timer_delete.2, timer_getoverrun.2, timer_settime.2, times.2, tkill.2, umask.2, umount.2, uname.2, unlink.2, unlinkat.2, uselib.2, ustat.2, utime.2, utimensat.2, vfork.2, vhangup.2, vm86.2, vmsplice.2, wait.2, wait4.2, write.2, CPU_SET.3, INFINITY.3, abort.3, abs.3, acos.3, acosh.3, adjtime.3, aio_init.3, asin.3, asinh.3, asprintf.3, assert.3, assert_perror.3, atan.3, atan2.3, atanh.3, atexit.3, atof.3, atoi.3, basename.3, bcmp.3, bcopy.3, bindresvport.3, bsd_signal.3, bsearch.3, bstring.3, byteorder.3, bzero.3, catgets.3, catopen.3, cbrt.3, ceil.3, clearenv.3, clock.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, closedir.3, confstr.3, copysign.3, cos.3, cosh.3, ctermid.3, ctime.3, difftime.3, dirfd.3, div.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dprintf.3, drand48.3, drand48_r.3, dysize.3, ecvt.3, ecvt_r.3, end.3, endian.3, erf.3, erfc.3, ether_aton.3, euidaccess.3, exit.3, exp.3, exp10.3, exp2.3, expm1.3, fabs.3, fcloseall.3, fexecve.3, ffs.3, fgetgrent.3, fgetpwent.3, finite.3, flockfile.3, floor.3, fmod.3, fnmatch.3, fopencookie.3, fpathconf.3, fpurge.3, frexp.3, fseeko.3, ftok.3, futimes.3, gcvt.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getauxval.3, getcontext.3, getcwd.3, getdate.3, getdirentries.3, getdtablesize.3, getenv.3, getfsent.3, getgrent.3, getgrnam.3, getgrouplist.3, gethostbyname.3, gethostid.3, getifaddrs.3, getipnodebyname.3, getline.3, getlogin.3, getmntent.3, getnetent.3, getnetent_r.3, getopt.3, getprotoent.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpw.3, getpwent.3, getpwnam.3, getrpcent_r.3, gets.3, getservent.3, getservent_r.3, getumask.3, getusershell.3, getutmp.3, getw.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, gsignal.3, hypot.3, if_nameindex.3, if_nametoindex.3, ilogb.3, index.3, inet.3, inet_ntop.3, inet_pton.3, infnan.3, initgroups.3, insque.3, intro.3, isalpha.3, isatty.3, j0.3, ldexp.3, localeconv.3, log.3, log10.3, log1p.3, log2.3, logb.3, lrint.3, lround.3, lsearch.3, lseek64.3, makecontext.3, makedev.3, mallinfo.3, malloc.3, malloc_get_state.3, malloc_info.3, malloc_stats.3, malloc_trim.3, malloc_usable_size.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mcheck.3, memccpy.3, memchr.3, memcmp.3, memcpy.3, memfrob.3, memmem.3, memmove.3, memset.3, mkdtemp.3, mkfifo.3, mkfifoat.3, mkstemp.3, mktemp.3, modf.3, mq_close.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, mq_open.3, mq_receive.3, mq_send.3, mq_unlink.3, mtrace.3, on_exit.3, opendir.3, posix_fallocate.3, posix_memalign.3, posix_openpt.3, pow.3, pow10.3, profil.3, psignal.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_attr_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_attr_setdetachstate.3, pthread_attr_setguardsize.3, pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3, pthread_attr_setschedparam.3, pthread_attr_setschedpolicy.3, pthread_attr_setscope.3, pthread_attr_setstack.3, pthread_attr_setstackaddr.3, pthread_attr_setstacksize.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_cleanup_push_defer_np.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_detach.3, pthread_equal.3, pthread_exit.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_join.3, pthread_kill.3, pthread_kill_other_threads_np.3, pthread_self.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setcancelstate.3, pthread_setconcurrency.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_setschedprio.3, pthread_sigmask.3, pthread_sigqueue.3, pthread_testcancel.3, pthread_tryjoin_np.3, pthread_yield.3, putenv.3, putpwent.3, puts.3, qecvt.3, qsort.3, raise.3, rand.3, random.3, random_r.3, re_comp.3, readdir.3, realpath.3, regex.3, remainder.3, remove.3, resolver.3, rewinddir.3, rint.3, round.3, scalb.3, scalbln.3, scandir.3, sched_getcpu.3, seekdir.3, sem_close.3, sem_destroy.3, sem_getvalue.3, sem_init.3, sem_open.3, sem_post.3, sem_unlink.3, sem_wait.3, setenv.3, setlocale.3, setlogmask.3, shm_open.3, siginterrupt.3, sigpause.3, sigqueue.3, sigset.3, sigsetops.3, sigvec.3, sigwait.3, sin.3, sinh.3, sleep.3, sockatmark.3, sqrt.3, statvfs.3, stdio_ext.3, stpcpy.3, strcasecmp.3, strcat.3, strchr.3, strcmp.3, strcoll.3, strcpy.3, strdup.3, strerror.3, strfry.3, strftime.3, string.3, strlen.3, strpbrk.3, strptime.3, strsep.3, strsignal.3, strspn.3, strstr.3, strtok.3, strtol.3, strtoul.3, strverscmp.3, strxfrm.3, swab.3, sysconf.3, syslog.3, system.3, sysv_signal.3, tan.3, tanh.3, tcgetpgrp.3, tcgetsid.3, telldir.3, tempnam.3, timegm.3, timeradd.3, tmpfile.3, tmpnam.3, toascii.3, toupper.3, trunc.3, tsearch.3, ttyslot.3, tzset.3, ulimit.3, undocumented.3, unlocked_stdio.3, usleep.3, y0.3, cpuid.4, full.4, initrd.4, mouse.4, msr.4, sd.4, st.4, acct.5, core.5, services.5, 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intro.1, _exit.2, access.2, alarm.2, alloc_hugepages.2, arch_prctl.2, bind.2, chdir.2, chmod.2, chown.2, chroot.2, clock_getres.2, clock_nanosleep.2, close.2, connect.2, delete_module.2, dup.2, execve.2, exit_group.2, faccessat.2, fchmodat.2, fchownat.2, fcntl.2, fork.2, fstatat.2, fsync.2, futimesat.2, get_robust_list.2, getdents.2, getdomainname.2, getgid.2, getgroups.2, gethostname.2, getpagesize.2, getpid.2, getresuid.2, getrlimit.2, getrusage.2, gettid.2, gettimeofday.2, getuid.2, getunwind.2, idle.2, init_module.2, intro.2, iopl.2, kcmp.2, kexec_load.2, kill.2, link.2, linkat.2, llseek.2, lookup_dcookie.2, madvise.2, mincore.2, mkdirat.2, mknodat.2, mmap.2, mmap2.2, mount.2, mprotect.2, mq_getsetattr.2, msgctl.2, msgget.2, msgop.2, msync.2, nice.2, open.2, openat.2, pause.2, perfmonctl.2, personality.2, pipe.2, poll.2, posix_fadvise.2, prctl.2, pread.2, process_vm_readv.2, quotactl.2, read.2, readahead.2, readdir.2, readlinkat.2, readv.2, reboot.2, recvmmsg.2, remap_file_pages.2, rename.2, renameat.2, rmdir.2, rt_sigqueueinfo.2, select.2, select_tut.2, semctl.2, semget.2, semop.2, sendmmsg.2, set_tid_address.2, seteuid.2, setfsgid.2, setfsuid.2, setgid.2, setresuid.2, setuid.2, setup.2, sgetmask.2, shmctl.2, shmget.2, shmop.2, sigaction.2, sigaltstack.2, signal.2, sigpending.2, sigprocmask.2, sigreturn.2, sigsuspend.2, sigwaitinfo.2, splice.2, stat.2, statfs.2, stime.2, subpage_prot.2, swapon.2, symlink.2, symlinkat.2, sync.2, sync_file_range.2, syscalls.2, sysctl.2, sysfs.2, syslog.2, tee.2, time.2, timer_create.2, timer_delete.2, timer_getoverrun.2, timer_settime.2, times.2, tkill.2, umask.2, umount.2, uname.2, unlink.2, unlinkat.2, uselib.2, ustat.2, utime.2, utimensat.2, vfork.2, vhangup.2, vm86.2, vmsplice.2, wait.2, wait4.2, write.2, CPU_SET.3, INFINITY.3, abort.3, abs.3, acos.3, acosh.3, adjtime.3, aio_init.3, asin.3, asinh.3, asprintf.3, assert.3, assert_perror.3, atan.3, atan2.3, atanh.3, atexit.3, atof.3, atoi.3, basename.3, bcmp.3, bcopy.3, bindresvport.3, bsd_signal.3, bsearch.3, bstring.3, byteorder.3, bzero.3, catgets.3, catopen.3, cbrt.3, ceil.3, clearenv.3, clock.3, clock_getcpuclockid.3, closedir.3, confstr.3, copysign.3, cos.3, cosh.3, ctermid.3, ctime.3, difftime.3, dirfd.3, div.3, dl_iterate_phdr.3, dprintf.3, drand48.3, drand48_r.3, dysize.3, ecvt.3, ecvt_r.3, end.3, endian.3, erf.3, erfc.3, ether_aton.3, euidaccess.3, exit.3, exp.3, exp10.3, exp2.3, expm1.3, fabs.3, fcloseall.3, fexecve.3, ffs.3, fgetgrent.3, fgetpwent.3, finite.3, flockfile.3, floor.3, fmod.3, fnmatch.3, fopencookie.3, fpathconf.3, fpurge.3, frexp.3, fseeko.3, ftok.3, futimes.3, gcvt.3, get_nprocs_conf.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getauxval.3, getcontext.3, getcwd.3, getdate.3, getdirentries.3, getdtablesize.3, getenv.3, getfsent.3, getgrent.3, getgrnam.3, getgrouplist.3, gethostbyname.3, gethostid.3, getifaddrs.3, getipnodebyname.3, getline.3, getlogin.3, getmntent.3, getnetent.3, getnetent_r.3, getopt.3, getprotoent.3, getprotoent_r.3, getpw.3, getpwent.3, getpwnam.3, getrpcent_r.3, gets.3, getservent.3, getservent_r.3, getumask.3, getusershell.3, getutmp.3, getw.3, glob.3, gnu_get_libc_version.3, gsignal.3, hypot.3, if_nameindex.3, if_nametoindex.3, ilogb.3, index.3, inet.3, inet_ntop.3, inet_pton.3, infnan.3, initgroups.3, insque.3, intro.3, isalpha.3, isatty.3, j0.3, ldexp.3, localeconv.3, log.3, log10.3, log1p.3, log2.3, logb.3, lrint.3, lround.3, lsearch.3, lseek64.3, makecontext.3, makedev.3, mallinfo.3, malloc.3, malloc_get_state.3, malloc_info.3, malloc_stats.3, malloc_trim.3, malloc_usable_size.3, mallopt.3, matherr.3, mcheck.3, memccpy.3, memchr.3, memcmp.3, memcpy.3, memfrob.3, memmem.3, memmove.3, memset.3, mkdtemp.3, mkfifo.3, mkfifoat.3, mkstemp.3, mktemp.3, modf.3, mq_close.3, mq_getattr.3, mq_notify.3, mq_open.3, mq_receive.3, mq_send.3, mq_unlink.3, mtrace.3, on_exit.3, opendir.3, posix_fallocate.3, posix_memalign.3, posix_openpt.3, pow.3, pow10.3, profil.3, psignal.3, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_attr_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_attr_setdetachstate.3, pthread_attr_setguardsize.3, pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3, pthread_attr_setschedparam.3, pthread_attr_setschedpolicy.3, pthread_attr_setscope.3, pthread_attr_setstack.3, pthread_attr_setstackaddr.3, pthread_attr_setstacksize.3, pthread_cancel.3, pthread_cleanup_push.3, pthread_cleanup_push_defer_np.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_detach.3, pthread_equal.3, pthread_exit.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, pthread_getcpuclockid.3, pthread_join.3, pthread_kill.3, pthread_kill_other_threads_np.3, pthread_self.3, pthread_setaffinity_np.3, pthread_setcancelstate.3, pthread_setconcurrency.3, pthread_setname_np.3, pthread_setschedparam.3, pthread_setschedprio.3, pthread_sigmask.3, pthread_sigqueue.3, pthread_testcancel.3, pthread_tryjoin_np.3, pthread_yield.3, putenv.3, putpwent.3, puts.3, qecvt.3, qsort.3, raise.3, rand.3, random.3, random_r.3, re_comp.3, readdir.3, realpath.3, regex.3, remainder.3, remove.3, resolver.3, rewinddir.3, rint.3, 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intro.1, clock_getres.2, execve.2, fcntl.2, iopl.2, lseek.2, mknod.2, mmap.2, mount.2, mq_getsetattr.2, pidfd_open.2, prctl.2, setns.2, sgetmask.2, sigaction.2, stat.2, statx.2, sync.2, syscalls.2, syslog.2, timerfd_create.2, umask.2, a64l.3, aio_init.3, atoi.3, dladdr.3, fread.3, getpt.3, isfdtype.3, malloc_stats.3, malloc_trim.3, mkfifo.3, mq_close.3, mq_open.3, mq_receive.3, mq_send.3, mq_unlink.3, posix_memalign.3, posix_openpt.3, pthread_atfork.3, pthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np.3, regex.3, scanf.3, sem_close.3, sem_destroy.3, sem_init.3, sem_open.3, sem_post.3, sem_unlink.3, sigset.3, sigvec.3, strftime.3, termios.3, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, fd.4, lp.4, mouse.4, pts.4, sk98lin.4, dir_colors.5, proc.5, resolv.conf.5, termcap.5, utmp.5, aio.7, armscii-8.7, arp.7, capabilities.7, cgroups.7, charsets.7, cp1251.7, cp1252.7, environ.7, glob.7, inode.7, iso_8859-1.7, iso_8859-10.7, iso_8859-11.7, iso_8859-13.7, iso_8859-14.7, iso_8859-15.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, iso_8859-3.7, iso_8859-4.7, iso_8859-5.7, iso_8859-6.7, iso_8859-7.7, iso_8859-8.7, iso_8859-9.7, keyrings.7, koi8-r.7, koi8-u.7, mailaddr.7, man-pages.7, netdevice.7, operator.7, persistent-keyring.7, process-keyring.7, pthreads.7, pty.7, raw.7, regex.7, session-keyring.7, shm_overview.7, signal.7, socket.7, suffixes.7, thread-keyring.7, unicode.7, units.7, uri.7, user-keyring.7, user-session-keyring.7, iconvconfig.8, ld.so.8, zic.8: tstamp
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d deci 10^\-1 = 0.1
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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da deka 10^ 1 = 10
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h hecto 10^ 2 = 100
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k kilo 10^ 3 = 1000
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M mega 10^ 6 = 1000000
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G giga 10^ 9 = 1000000000
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T tera 10^12 = 1000000000000
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P peta 10^15 = 1000000000000000
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E exa 10^18 = 1000000000000000000
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Z zetta 10^21 = 1000000000000000000000
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Y yotta 10^24 = 1000000000000000000000000
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.TE
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.RE
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dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 22:55:49 +00:00
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.PP
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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The symbol for micro is the Greek letter mu, often written u
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in an ASCII context where this Greek letter is not available.
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See also
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dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 22:55:49 +00:00
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.PP
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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.RS
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capget.2, futex.2, sched_setscheduler.2, spu_create.2, spu_run.2, vfork.2, getnameinfo.3, netlink.3, cciss.4, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, hpsa.4, sk98lin.4, filesystems.5, protocols.5, aio.7, capabilities.7, charsets.7, feature_test_macros.7, futex.7, hier.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, koi8-r.7, libc.7, man.7, netlink.7, numa.7, standards.7, unicode.7, units.7, uri.7, x25.7: Global fix: use UR macro where applicable
The syntax .UR http://example.com paired with .UE will create
links which one can interact, if the pager allows that. One
way to see the effect is ask the man(1) command to use browser
display, e.g.:
man -H man7/uri.7
("\:" is optional groff syntax to permit hyphenless line breaks.)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-08-13 08:02:36 +00:00
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.UR http://physics.nist.gov\:/cuu\:/Units\:/prefixes.html
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.UE
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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.RE
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.SS Binary prefixes
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2008-06-09 15:49:35 +00:00
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The binary prefixes resemble the decimal ones,
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but have an additional \(aqi\(aq
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(and "Ki" starts with a capital \(aqK\(aq).
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2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
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The names are formed by taking the
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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first syllable of the names of the decimal prefix with roughly the same
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size, followed by "bi" for "binary".
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.RS
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.TS
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l l l.
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Prefix Name Value
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Ki kibi 2^10 = 1024
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Mi mebi 2^20 = 1048576
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Gi gibi 2^30 = 1073741824
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Ti tebi 2^40 = 1099511627776
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Pi pebi 2^50 = 1125899906842624
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Ei exbi 2^60 = 1152921504606846976
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.TE
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.RE
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dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 22:55:49 +00:00
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.PP
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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See also
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capget.2, gettimeofday.2, nanosleep.2, process_vm_readv.2, readv.2, seccomp.2, semop.2, sigaction.2, sigwaitinfo.2, dbopen.3, dladdr.3, ether_aton.3, fenv.3, fgetgrent.3, fgetpwent.3, frexp.3, ftime.3, gamma.3, getaddrinfo.3, getaddrinfo_a.3, getgrent_r.3, getgrnam.3, gethostbyname.3, getifaddrs.3, getipnodebyname.3, getmntent.3, getnetent.3, getprotoent.3, getpw.3, getpwent.3, getpwent_r.3, getpwnam.3, getservent.3, getspnam.3, getutent.3, glob.3, hsearch.3, if_nameindex.3, inet.3, mq_receive.3, putgrent.3, putpwent.3, rand.3, sigqueue.3, strfromd.3, strptime.3, strtol.3, termios.3, timeradd.3, lp.4, tty.4, ip.7, ipv6.7, netdevice.7, raw.7, rtnetlink.7, units.7, zic.8: ffix: replace .sp by .PP
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 23:00:48 +00:00
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.PP
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capget.2, futex.2, sched_setscheduler.2, spu_create.2, spu_run.2, vfork.2, getnameinfo.3, netlink.3, cciss.4, console_codes.4, dsp56k.4, hpsa.4, sk98lin.4, filesystems.5, protocols.5, aio.7, capabilities.7, charsets.7, feature_test_macros.7, futex.7, hier.7, iso_8859-16.7, iso_8859-2.7, koi8-r.7, libc.7, man.7, netlink.7, numa.7, standards.7, unicode.7, units.7, uri.7, x25.7: Global fix: use UR macro where applicable
The syntax .UR http://example.com paired with .UE will create
links which one can interact, if the pager allows that. One
way to see the effect is ask the man(1) command to use browser
display, e.g.:
man -H man7/uri.7
("\:" is optional groff syntax to permit hyphenless line breaks.)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-08-13 08:02:36 +00:00
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.UR http://physics.nist.gov\:/cuu\:/Units\:/binary.html
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.UE
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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.SS Discussion
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Before these binary prefixes were introduced, it was fairly
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common to use k=1000 and K=1024, just like b=bit, B=byte.
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Unfortunately, the M is capital already, and cannot be
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capitalized to indicate binary-ness.
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dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 22:55:49 +00:00
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.PP
|
2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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At first that didn't matter too much, since memory modules
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and disks came in sizes that were powers of two, so everyone
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knew that in such contexts "kilobyte" and "megabyte" meant
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2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
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1024 and 1048576 bytes, respectively.
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What originally was a
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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sloppy use of the prefixes "kilo" and "mega" started to become
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regarded as the "real true meaning" when computers were involved.
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But then disk technology changed, and disk sizes became arbitrary numbers.
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After a period of uncertainty all disk manufacturers settled on the
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arch_prctl.2, ioctl_fideduperange.2, ioctl_getfsmap.2, kexec_load.2, madvise.2, mbind.2, mmap.2, mmap2.2, mprotect.2, perf_event_open.2, process_vm_readv.2, set_mempolicy.2, shmget.2, subpage_prot.2, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, regex.3, wavelan.4, filesystems.5, proc.5, bootparam.7, raw.7, tcp.7, units.7, ld.so.8: Add a non-breaking space between a number and a unit (prefix)
Based on a patch by Bjarni Ingi Gislason.
According to SI, ""The numerical value always precedes the unit,
and a space is always used to separate the unit from the number
[...] The only exceptions to this rule are for the unit symbols
for degree, minute, and second for plane angle."
Cowritten-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-18 10:12:59 +00:00
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standard, namely k=1000, M=1000\ k, G=1000\ M.
|
dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 22:55:49 +00:00
|
|
|
.PP
|
arch_prctl.2, ioctl_fideduperange.2, ioctl_getfsmap.2, kexec_load.2, madvise.2, mbind.2, mmap.2, mmap2.2, mprotect.2, perf_event_open.2, process_vm_readv.2, set_mempolicy.2, shmget.2, subpage_prot.2, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, regex.3, wavelan.4, filesystems.5, proc.5, bootparam.7, raw.7, tcp.7, units.7, ld.so.8: Add a non-breaking space between a number and a unit (prefix)
Based on a patch by Bjarni Ingi Gislason.
According to SI, ""The numerical value always precedes the unit,
and a space is always used to separate the unit from the number
[...] The only exceptions to this rule are for the unit symbols
for degree, minute, and second for plane angle."
Cowritten-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-18 10:12:59 +00:00
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The situation was messy: in the 14k4 modems, k=1000; in the 1.44\ MB
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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.\" also common: 14.4k modem
|
madvise.2, perf_event_open.2, query_module.2, stat.2, sem_init.3, hpsa.4, rtc.4, st.4, elf.5, filesystems.5, proc.5, environ.7, man-pages.7, regex.7, units.7: Reword to avoid use of "etc."
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2014-01-18 10:58:39 +00:00
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diskettes, M=1024000; and so on.
|
2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
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In 1998 the IEC approved the standard
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2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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that defines the binary prefixes given above, enabling people
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to be precise and unambiguous.
|
dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 22:55:49 +00:00
|
|
|
.PP
|
arch_prctl.2, ioctl_fideduperange.2, ioctl_getfsmap.2, kexec_load.2, madvise.2, mbind.2, mmap.2, mmap2.2, mprotect.2, perf_event_open.2, process_vm_readv.2, set_mempolicy.2, shmget.2, subpage_prot.2, pthread_attr_init.3, pthread_create.3, pthread_getattr_np.3, regex.3, wavelan.4, filesystems.5, proc.5, bootparam.7, raw.7, tcp.7, units.7, ld.so.8: Add a non-breaking space between a number and a unit (prefix)
Based on a patch by Bjarni Ingi Gislason.
According to SI, ""The numerical value always precedes the unit,
and a space is always used to separate the unit from the number
[...] The only exceptions to this rule are for the unit symbols
for degree, minute, and second for plane angle."
Cowritten-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-18 10:12:59 +00:00
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Thus, today, MB = 1000000\ B and MiB = 1048576\ B.
|
dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 22:55:49 +00:00
|
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.PP
|
2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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In the free software world programs are slowly
|
2007-04-12 22:42:49 +00:00
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being changed to conform.
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When the Linux kernel boots and says
|
dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 22:55:49 +00:00
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.PP
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.in +4n
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.EX
|
2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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|
hda: 120064896 sectors (61473 MB) w/2048KiB Cache
|
dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2017-08-17 22:55:49 +00:00
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.EE
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.in
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.PP
|
2004-11-03 13:51:07 +00:00
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the MB are megabytes and the KiB are kibibytes.
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