BS EN 80000-13:2008

BRITISH STANDARD

National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 80000-13:2008. It is

identical to IEC 80000-13:2008. It partially supersedes BS EN 60027-
2:2007, specifically Subclauses 3.8 and 3.9.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical

Committee SS/7, General metrology, quantities, units and symbols.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on

request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions
of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

© BSI 2008
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ICS 01.060; 35.020

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from

legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards
Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 January 2009.

Amendments issued since publication

Amd. No. Date Text affected

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CONTENTS

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION

QUANTITIES AND UNITS -

Part 13: Information science and technology

FOREWORD

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for

standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of
IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the
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All users should ensure that they have the latest edition of this publication.

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Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of

the referenced publications is
indispensable for the correct application of this publication.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC
Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.

International Standard IEC 80000-13 has been prepared by IEC technical committee
25:
Quantities and units, and their letter symbols.

This standard cancels and replaces subclauses 3.8 and 3.9 of IEC 60027-2:2005.

The only significant change is the addition of explicit definitions for some
quantities.

The text of this standard is based on the following documents:

FDIS Report on voting

25/371/FDIS 25/377/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in
the report on
voting indicated in the above table.

This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part
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INTRODUCTION
0.1 Arrangements of the tables

The tables of quantities and units in ISO/IEC 80000 are arranged so that the
quantities are
presented on the left-hand pages and the units on the corresponding right-hand
pages.

All units between two full lines on the right-hand pages belong to the quantities
between the
corresponding full lines on the left-hand pages.

Where the numbering of an item has been changed in the revision of a part of IEC
60027, the
number in the preceding edition is shown in parenthesis on the left-hand page under
the new
number for the quantity; a dash is used to indicate that the item in question did
not appear in
the preceding edition.

0.2 Tables of quantities

The names in English and in French of the most important quantities within the
field of this
document are given together with their symbols and, in most cases, their
definitions. These
names and symbols are recommendations. The definitions are given for identification
of the
quantities in the International System of Quantities (ISQ), listed on the left hand
pages of
Table 1; they are not intended to be complete.

The scalar, vectorial or tensorial character of quantities is pointed out,

especially when this is
needed for the definitions.

In most cases only one name and only one symbol for the quantity are given; where
two or
more names or two or more symbols are given for one quantity and no special
distinction is
made, they are on an equal footing. When two types of italic letters exist (for
example as with
v and 8; g and ¢; a and a; g and g) only one of these is given. This does not mean
that the
other is not equally acceptable. It is recommended that such variants should not be
given
different meanings. A symbol within parenthesis implies that it is a reserve
symbol, to be used
when, in a particular context, the main symbol is in use with a different meaning.

In this English edition the quantity names in French are printed in an italic font,
and are
preceded by fr. The gender of the French name is indicated by (m) for masculine and
(f) for
feminine, immediately after the noun in the French name.

0.3 Tables of units

0.3.1 General

The names of units for the corresponding quantities are given together with the
international
symbols and the definitions. These unit names are language-dependent, but the
symbols are
international and the same in all languages. For further information, see the SI
Brochure (er
edition 2006) from BIPM and ISO 80000-1 (under preparation).

The units are arranged in the following way:

a) The coherent SI units are given first. The SI units have been adopted by the
General
Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures,
CGPM). The use of coherent SI units, and their decimal multiples and submultiples
formed
with the SI prefixes are recommended, although the decimal multiples and
submultiples
are not explicitly mentioned.

b) Some non-SI units are then given, being those accepted by the International
Committee
for Weights and Measures (Comité International des Poids et Mesures, CIPM), or by
the
International Organization of Legal Metrology (Organisation Internationale de
Métrologie
Légale, OIML), or by ISO and IEC, for use with the SI.

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Such units are separated from the SI units in the item by use of a broken line
between the
SI units and the other units.

c) Non-SlI units currently accepted by the CIPM for use with the SI are given in
small print
(smaller than the text size) in the “Conversion factors and remarks” column.

d) Non-SI units that are not recommended are given only in annexes in some parts of
ISO/IEC 80000. These annexes are informative, in the first place for the conversion
factors, and are not integral parts of the standard. These deprecated units are
arranged in
two groups:

1) units in the CGS system with special names;

2) units based on the foot, pound, second, and some other related units.

e) Other non-SlI units given for information, especially regarding the conversion
factors, are
given in another informative annex.

0.3.2 Remark on units for quantities of dimension one, or dimensionless quantities

The coherent unit for any quantity of dimension one, also called a dimensionless
quantity, is
the number one, symbol 1. When the value of such a quantity is expressed, the unit
symbol 1
is generally not written out explicitly.

EXAMPLE

Refractive index n = 1,53 x 1=1,53

Prefixes shall not be used to form multiples or submultiples of this unit. Instead
of prefixes,
powers of 10 are recommended.

EXAMPLE
Reynolds number Re = 1,32 x 10°

Considering that plane angle is generally expressed as the ratio of two lengths and
solid
angle as the ratio of two areas, in 1995 the CGPM specified that, in the SI, the
radian, symbol
rad, and steradian, symbol sr, are dimensionless derived units. This implies that
the quantities
plane angle and solid angle are considered as derived quantities of dimension one.
The units
radian and steradian are thus equal to one; they may either be omitted, or they may
be used
in expressions for derived units to facilitate distinction between quantities of
different kinds
but having the same dimension.

0.4 Numerical statements in this International Standard

tH
The sign = is used to denote “is exactly equal to”, the sign ~ is used to denote
“is

approximately equal to”, and the sign := is used to denote “is by definition equal
to”.

Numerical values of physical quantities that have been experimentally determined

always
have an associated measurement uncertainty. This uncertainty should always be
specified. In
this standard, the magnitude of the uncertainty is represented as in the following
example.

EXAMPLE

| = 2,347 82(32) m

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In this example, | = a(b) m, the numerical value of the uncertainty b indicated in

parentheses
is assumed to apply to the last (and least significant) digits of the numerical
value a of the
length I. This notation is used when b represents one standard uncertainty
(estimated
standard deviation) in the last digits of a. The numerical example given above may
be
interpreted to mean that the best estimate of the numerical value of the length 1,
when I is
expressed in the unit metre, is 2,347 82, and that the unknown value of I is
believed to lie
between (2,347 82 — 0,000 32) m and (2,347 82 + 0,000 32) m with a probability
determined
by the standard uncertainty 0,000 32 m and the probability distribution of the
values of I.

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QUANTITIES AND UNITS -

Part 13: Information science and technology

1 Scope

In IEC 80000-13 names, symbols and definitions for quantities and units used in
information
science and technology are given. Where appropriate, conversion factors are also
given.

2 Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this
document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the
latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

IEC 60027-3:2002, Letter symbols to be used in electrical technology — Part 3:

Logarithmic
and related quantities, and their units

IEC 60050-704:1993, International electrotechnical vocabulary — Part 704:

Transmission

IEC 60050-713:1998, International electrotechnical vocabulary — Part 713:

Radiocommuni-
cations: transmitters, receivers, networks and operation

IEC 60050-715:1996, International electrotechnical vocabulary — Part 715:

Telecommuni-
cation networks, teletraffic and operation

IEC 60050-721:1991, International electrotechnical vocabulary — Part 721:

Telegraphy, fac-
simile and data communication

ISO/IEC 2382-16:1996, Information technology — Vocabulary — Part 16: Information

theory

3 Names, definitions and symbols

The names, definitions and symbols for quantities and units of information science
and
technology are given in the tables on the following pages. Prefixes for binary
multiples are
also given.

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INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUANTITIES

traffic intensity

fr intensité (f) de
trafic

traffic offered intensity

fr intensité (f) de
trafic offert

traffic carried intensity,

traffic load

fr intensité (f) de
trafic écoulé;
charge (f) de trafic

mean queue length

fr longueur (f)
moyenne de file
d'attente

loss probability

fr probabilité (f) de
perte

waiting probability

fr probabilité (f)
d'attente

call intensity,
calling rate

fr intensité (f)
d'appel;
taux (m) d’appel

completed call
intensity

fr intensité (f)
d'appel efficace

number of simultaneously busy resources ina

particular pool of resources

traffic intensity (item 13-1) of the traffic that

would have been generated by the users of a
pool of resources if their use had not been
limited by the size of the pool

traffic intensity (item 13-1) of the traffic served

by a particular pool of resources

time average of queue length

probability for losing a call attempt

probability for waiting for a resource

number of call attempts over a specified time

interval divided by the duration (ISO 80000-3,
item 3-7) of this interval

call intensity (item 13-7) for the call attempts

that result in the transmission of an answer
signal

See IEC 60050-715, item

715-05-02.

See IEC 60050-715, item

715-05-05.
General practice is to
estimate the traffic intensity
as an average over a
specified time interval, e.g.
the busy hour.

See IEC 60050-715, item

715-05-04.

See IEC 60050-7115, item

715-03-13.

For a definition of the

complete call attempt, see
IEC 60050-715, item
715-03-11.

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UNITS

1 E corresponds to the occupancy | The name "erlang" was given to the traffic

of one resource intensity unit in 1946 by the CCIF, in

honour of the Danish mathematician, A.
K. Erlang (1878-1929), who was the
founder of traffic theory in telephony.

erlang

See 13-1.a.

erlang

See the introduction, 0.3.2.

See the introduction, 0.3.2.

See the introduction, 0.3.2.

second to the power
minus one

second to the power

minus one

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storage capacity, amount of data that can be The specified data elements depend on
the
storage size contained in a storage organization of the storage device, for
example,
ea device, expressed asa binary elements also called bits, octets also called
fr capacite (f) de number of specified data bytes, words of a given number of bits,
blocks. A
INE IMOIRE: elements subscript referring to a specified data element can

taille (f) de be added to the symbol.

mémoire

EXAMPLES:
storage capacity for bits, M, or My

storage capacity for octets, M 9 oF M B

For registers, the term “register length” is used with the

same meaning.

equivalent binary M.=lbn The minimum storage capacity of a bit-organized

storage capacity € storage device which would contain the amount of

= : data in the given storage device is equal to the

fr capacite (f) where Nn is the number of smallest integer greater than or equal to
the

binaire possible states of the given | equivalent binary storage capacity.

équivalente device

transfer rate quotient of the number of

fed. Gabe Way dle specified data elements
coe transferred in a time interval | A subscript referring to a specified data
element
by the haaaaaa of this can be added to the symbol.
interva

The symbol Vis the Greek letter nu.

EXAMPLES:

digit rate, Ty or V4 (see IEC 60050-702 and

60050-704, items 702-05-23 and 704-16-06);
transfer rate for octets (or bytes), Io, Ts, Vo, or Ve;
binary digit rate or bit rate (item 13-13).

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See the introduction, 0.3.2.

Although in this context the designation bit, symbol

bit, is not really a unit, it is often used like a unit, e.g.

M,, = 32 000, where the unit one is implicit, is often

written as M =32 000 bit. Similarly, although the

designation octet or byte, symbols o and B,

respectively, are not units, they are often used like

units, e.g. M, =64000 or M, = 64000, where

the unit one is implicit, are often written

M =64000 oor M =64000 B.

When used to express a storage capacity or an

equivalent binary storage capacity, the bit and the
octet (or byte) may be combined with SI prefixes or
prefixes for binary multiples.

In English, the name byte, symbol B, is used as a

synonym for octet. Here byte means an eight-bit byte.
However, byte has been used for numbers of bits
other than eight. To avoid the risk of confusion, it is
strongly recommended that the name byte and the
symbol B be used only for eight-bit bytes.

The symbol B for byte is not international and should

not be confused with the symbol B for bel.

See the introduction, 0.3.2.

When used to express a storage capacity or an

equivalent binary storage capacity, the bit may be
combined with SI prefixes or prefixes for binary
multiples (see clause 4).

In this context, bit is a special name as well as symbol

for the coherent unit one.

second to the power

minus one

digit per second In English, the name byte, symbol B, is used as a

synonym for octet. Here byte means an eight-bit byte.

octet per second, byte See remarks in item 13-9.c.

per second
The octet per second (or byte per second) may be
combined with prefixes, for example kilooctet per
second, symbol ko/s (or kilobyte per second, symbol
kB/s).

INFORMATION SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY

period of data
elements

fr période (f)

d'éléments de
données

binary digit rate,

bit rate
fr débit (m) binaire

period of binary digits,

bit period

fr période (f)
d'éléments
binaires,
période (f) de bits

equivalent binary
digit rate,
equivalent bit rate

fr débit (m) binaire

équivalent

modulation rate,
line digit rate

fr rapidité (f) de
modulation;
débit (m) en ligne

quantizing distortion
power

fr puissance (f) de
distorsion de
quantification

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T=1/r
where r is transfer rate (item 13-11) when the
data elements are transmitted in series

transfer rate (item 13-11) where the data

elements are binary digits

where Ip is the binary digit rate (item 13-13)

when the binary digits are transmitted in series

binary digit rate (item 13-13) equivalent to a

transfer rate (item 13-11) for specified data
elements

inverse of the shortest duration of a signal

element

distortion of a signal resulting from the

process of quantizing an original signal when
the values to be quantized are within the
working range of the quantizer

QUANTITIES

A subscript referring toa

specified data element can
be added to the symbol.
EXAMPLES:

period of digits, Ty;

period of octets (or bytes),

T, or Ts.

In English, the systematic

name would be "transfer rate
for binary digits”.

See IEC 60050-704, item

704-16-07, .

In English, the systematic

name would be "equivalent
binary transfer rate".

See IEC 60050-704, item

704-17-05, .

The term “modulation rate” is

used in conventional
telegraphy and data
transmission. In isochronous
digital transmission, the term
"line digit rate" is generally
used.
See IEC 60050-704, item
704-17-03.

See IEC 60050-704, item

704-24-13.

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al For aS unit second, see ISO 80000-3,

item 3-7.a.

second to the power

minus one

bit per second i The bit per second may be combined with
prefixes, for example megabit per
second, symbol Mbit/s.

second

second to the power

minus one

bit per second i See item 13-13.b.

second to the power

minus one

baud isis Baud is a special name for the second to

the power minus one for this quantity.

The baud may be combined with prefixes,

for example kilobaud, symbol kBd,
megabaud, symbol MBd.

For the unit watt, see ISO 80000-4, item

4-26.a.
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carrier power power supplied to the antenna feed line by a See IEC 60050-713, item

: radio transmitter taken under the condition of 713-09-20.

fr puissance (f) no modulation
porteuse

signal energy per ; E,=P.-T,

binary digit

fr énergie (f) du where P, is carrier power (item 13-18) and T,

signal par élément is period of binary digits (item 13-14)
binaire

error probability probability that a data element be incorrectly A subscript

referring toa
et received specified data element can
fr probabilite (f) be added to the symbol.
derreur EXAMPLES:
error probability for binary
digits or bit error probability,

Py or Poit;

block error probability, Py.

The measured value is

designated as "error ratio",
whereas “error rate" is
deprecated, for example, bit
error ratio (BER), block error
ratio.

See IEC 60050-704 and

IEC 60050-721.

Hamming distance number of digit positions in which the corresponding | See IEC
60050-721, item

Q digits of two words of the same length are different | 721-08-25.

fr distance (f) de
Hamming

clock frequency, frequency at which a clock oscillates

clock rate

fr fréquence (f)
d'horloge

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13-18a watt Ww

13-19.a joule For the unit joule, see ISO 80000-4, item
4-27.a.

See the introduction, 0.3.2.

See the introduction, 0.3.2.

13-22.a hertz For the unit hertz, see ISO 80000-3, item
3-15.a.

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decision content

fr quantité (f) de
décision

information content

fr quantité (f)
d'information

entropy

fr —entropie (f)

maximum entropy

fr _entropie (f)
maximale

relative entropy

fr entropie (f) relative

redundancy

fr redondance (f)

relative redundancy

fr redondance (f)
relative

joint information
content

fr quantité (f)
d'information
conjointe

A,
Anax

(
r

Dg =!09,n

where d is the number of possibilities at each

decision and n the number of events

4
I(x) =Ib a) Sh

1
In nat
P(x)
where p(x) is the probability of event X

H(X) =>. p(x))1(x))

i=l

forthe set X = {Xi eed x,

where

P(Xj) is the probability and

I(x;) is the information content of event X;

maximum entropy occurs when P(x;) =1/n for

i=1---,n

H,=H/Ho

where H is entropy (item 13-25) and Ho is

maximum entropy (item 13-26)

R=H,-H

where H is entropy (item 13-25) and Hy is

maximum entropy (item 13-26)

r=R/H,

where R is redundancy (item 13-28) and Hp is

maximum entropy (item 13-26)

ie sb se

P(x y)

g ——~ Hart =
P(x y)

n ———~ ha
P(x, y)
where D(x, y) is the joint probability of events

| t

X and y

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.03.01.

See also IEC 60027-3.

When the same base is

used for the same number

of events then D, = Ho.

where Ho is maximum
entropy (item 13-28).

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.03.02.

See also IEC 60027-3.

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.03.03.

The maximum entropy is

sometimes called "decision
content" because the value
is the same when the base
is an integer, for the same
number of events. See item
13-23.

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.03.04.
See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item
16.03.05.

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.04.01.

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[Name =| Symbol [symbol |Definition = Conversion [Conversion factors and remarks |

and remarks

shannon

hartley

natural unit of
information

shannon

hartley

natural unit of
information

shannon

hartley

natural unit of
information

shannon

hartley

natural unit of
information
shannon

hartley

natural unit of
information

value of the quantity when the

argument is equal to 2

value of the quantity when the

argument is equal to 10

value of the quantity when the

argument is equal to e

Petnwien dea SSS introduction, 0.3.2.

1 Sh = 0,693 nat ~ 0,301 Hart

1 Hart = 3,322 Sh = 2,303 nat

1 nat = 1,433 Sh = 0,434 Hart

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conditional information
content

fr quantité (f)
d'information
conditionnelle

conditional entropy,
mean conditional

information content,
average conditional
information content

fr entropie (f)
conditionnelle

equivocation

fr é6quivoque (f)

irrelevance

fr altération (f)

transinformation
content

fr _transinformation

(f)

mean transinformation
content

fr transinformation
(f) moyenne

character mean
entropy

fr _entropie (f)
moyenne par
caractére

information content (item 13-2) of event X

under the condition that y has occurred:

I(x|y) = I(x y) - I(y)

H(X|Y) => > plxny Oy)

j=l j=l

where P(X; yj) is the joint probability of

events X; and yj, and I(x; yj) is

conditional information content (item 13-31)

conditional entropy (item 13-32) of a set X of

emitted characters given the set Y of received
characters

conditional entropy (item 13-32) of a set Y of

received characters given the set X of emitted

characters:

H(¥|X) = H(X|Y)+ H(Y)—H(X), where

H(X1Y) is equivocation (item 13-33) and H is
entropy (item 13-25)

T(x, y) =1(x) 4 I(y)- I(x y)

where I(x) and I(y) are the information

contents (13-24) of events X and y,
respectively, and I(x,y) is their joint
information content (13-30)

nm

T(X,Y) =D) Y P(x, v(x Y;)

i=1 j=1

for the sets

a ene a Gea eee rae

where P(x; yj) is the joint probability of

events X; and yj, and T(Xx;, Yj) is their

transinformation content (item 13-35)

_
H’= lim —
m—eco M
where H,, is the entropy (item 13-3) of the set
of all sequences of M characters

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.04.02.
See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item
16.04.04.

Equivocation isa
quantitative measure of the
loss of information due to
noise.

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.04.05.

Irrelevance is a quantitative
measure of the information
added to the emitted
information due to distortion.

See ISO/IEC 2382 16, item

16.04.06.

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.04.07.

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.04.08.

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.04.09.

BS EN 80000-13:2008

80000-13 © IEC:2008 -21-

UNITS INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

shannon

hartley

natural unit of
information

shannon
hartley

natural unit of
information

shannon

hartley

natural unit of
information

shannon
hartley

natural unit of
information

shannon

hartley

natural unit of
information

shannon In practice, the unit "shannon per

character" is generally used, and
sometimes the units "hartley per
character" and "natural unit per
character".

hartley

natural unit of
information

shannon

hartley

natural unit of
information
INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

average information
rate

fr débit (m) moyen

d’entropie

character mean
transinformation
content

fr transinformation
(f) moyenne par

caractére

average
transinformation rate

fr débit (m) moyen

de transin-

formation

channel capacity per

character; channel
capacity

fr capacité (f) de
canal par
caractére;
capacité (f) de
canal

channel time capacity;

channel capacity

fr capacité (f)
temporelle de
canal,
capacité (f) de
canal
BS EN 80000-13:2008

-—22- 80000-13 © IEC:2008

QUANTITIES

*_[’ See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

H*=H'/t(X) 16.04.10.

where H’ is character mean entropy (item

13-37) and t(X ) is the mean value of the

duration of a character in the set X

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

T 16.04.11.

T’ = lim

mc Mm
where T,, is the mean transinformation content
(item 13-36) for all pairs of input and output

sequences of m characters

See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

,
i 16.04.12.

= nm

DD PX %Y;)

i=1 j=1
where T' is character mean transinformation
content (item 13-39) and t(x;,¥;) is the mean

T*

duration of the pair of characters (x; ’ yj) with

joint probability P(%sY;)

Cc’=maxT’ See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.04.13.
where T' is character mean transinformation
content (item 13-39)

c* =MaxT * See ISO/IEC 2382-16, item

16.04.13.
where T* is average transinformation rate

(item 13-40)

BS EN 80000-13:2008

80000-13 © IEC:2008 -23-

UNITS INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

shannon per second

hartley per second Hart/s

natural unit of
information per second

shannon In practice, the unit "shannon per

character" is generally used, and

hartley sometimes the units "hartley per

character" and "natural unit per

natural unit of character".

information

shannon per second

hartley per second Hart/s

natural unit of
information per second

shannon In practice, the unit "shannon per

character" is generally used, and
sometimes the units "hartley per
character" and "natural unit per
hartley character".

natural unit of
information

shannon per second

hartley per second Hart/s

natural unit of
information per second

BS EN 80000-13:2008

—24- 80000-13 © IEC:2008

4 Prefixes for binary multiples
Factor Name Symbol Origin Derived from

210 kibi Ki kilobinary: (2?°)! kilo: (10°)*

20 mebi Mi megabinary: (2°°)* mega: (10°)?
230 gibi Gi gigabinary: (21°)? giga: (10°)?
9% tebi Ti terabinary: ye tera: (10°)*
o>% pebi Pi petabinary: yp peta: (10°)°
p80 exbi Ei exabinary: (ae exa: (10°)°
270 zebi Zi zettabinary: (2°°)’ zetta: (10°)’
280 yobi Yi yottabinary: (oy? yotta: (10°)°

EXAMPLES:

one kibibit: 1 Kibit = 22° bit = 1024 bit

one kilobit: 1kbit = 10° bit = 1 000 bit

one mebibyte: 1MiB = 27? B =1048576B

one megabyte: 1MB = 10° B =1000000B

NOTE Suggested pronunciation in English:

The first syllable in the prefix name should be pronounced in the same way as in
the first syllable of the
corresponding SI prefix. The second syllable should be pronounced "bee".

BS EN 80000-13:2008
80000-13 © IEC:2008 —25-
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IEC 60027-1:1992, Letter symbols to be used in electrical technology — Part 1:
General
ISO/IEC 2382-12:1988, Information processing systems — Vocabulary — Part 12:
Peripheral
equipment

ISO 31-0:1992, Quantities and units — General principles

ISO 31-11:1992, Quantities and units — Mathematical signs and symbols for use in
the
physical sciences and technology

BS EN 80000-13:2008

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