[tor-bugs] #9920 [Atlas]: atlas says MB when it should say MBytes

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#9920: atlas says MB when it should say MBytes
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     Reporter:  arma    |      Owner:  hellais
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:
    Component:  Atlas   |    Version:
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Comment (by massar):

 > Why is MB/s ambiguous?

 Because it could mean MegaBytes/second or Megabits/second

 > There's no MBytes on ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_rate_units.

 That is because networking code is typically measured in Megabits/second.

 Tor is application level though, and thus everywhere in Tor the unit is
 Megabytes/sec.

 Note also that "MB" is ambiguous in wether it is 1024 or 1000...

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