Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" Message-ID: <6097@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 21:34:22 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6097 Posted: Thu Jul 9 21:34:22 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 07:17:15 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <348@forbrk.UUCP> <1852@ihlpe.ATT.COM> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 7 In article <1852@ihlpe.ATT.COM> daryl@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Daryl Monge) writes: >To this day I am not sure why we cannot use either bytes, Kbytes, Mbytes, etc. >instead of blocks. How big is a "byte"? (No, it's not necessarily 8 bits!) How about sizing things in terms of number of bits, which is a universal measure.