Editing Binary prefix (section)

==== Other standards bodies and organizations ====
The IEC standard binary prefixes are supported by other standardization bodies and technical organizations.

The United States [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] (NIST) supports the ISO/IEC standards for
"Prefixes for binary multiples" and has a web page<ref name="NISTbin" /> documenting them, describing and justifying their use. NIST suggests that in English, the first syllable of the name of the binary-multiple prefix should be pronounced in the same way as the first syllable of the name of the corresponding SI prefix, and that the second syllable should be pronounced as ''bee''.<ref name="NIST2" /> NIST has stated the SI prefixes "refer strictly to powers of 10" and that the binary definitions "should not be used" for them.<ref name="taylo2008" />

As of 2014, the microelectronics industry standards body [[JEDEC]] describes the IEC prefixes in its online dictionary, but acknowledges that the SI prefixes and the symbols "K", "M" and "G" are still commonly used with the binary sense for memory sizes.<ref name="jedec2021" /><ref name="JEDEC2014" />

On 19 March 2005, the IEEE standard [[IEEE 1541-2002]] ("Prefixes for Binary Multiples") was elevated to a full-use standard by the IEEE Standards Association after a two-year trial period.<ref name="IEEE2003" /><ref name="IEEE2005" /> {{As of|2008|4|lc=on}}, the IEEE Publications division does not require the use of IEC prefixes in its major magazines such as ''Spectrum''<ref name="walli2008" /> or ''Computer''.<ref name ="gesch2007">{{Cite journal |last1=Gschwind |first1=Michael |title=An Open Source Environment for Cell Broadband Engine System Software |journal=Computer |volume=40 |issue=6 |pages=37–47 |publisher=IEEE Computer Society |date=June 2007 |doi = 10.1109/MC.2007.192 |last2=Erb |first2=David |last3=Manning |first3=Sid |last4=Nutter |first4=Mark |s2cid=10877922 |url=http://www.research.ibm.com/people/m/mikeg/papers/2007_ieeecomputer.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.research.ibm.com/people/m/mikeg/papers/2007_ieeecomputer.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live }} "The processor has a memory subsystem with separate first-level 32-Kbyte instruction and data caches, and a 512-Kbyte unified second-level cache." Authors are with IBM.</ref> <!-- and many of the IEEE technical journals allow the authors to select the units in their papers.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}-->

The [[International Bureau of Weights and Measures]] (BIPM), which maintains the [[International System of Units]] (SI), expressly prohibits the use of SI prefixes to denote binary multiples, and recommends the use of the IEC prefixes as an alternative since units of information are not included in the SI.<ref name="BIPM8web" /><ref name="BIPM8" />

The [[SAE International|Society of Automotive Engineers]] (SAE) prohibits the use of SI prefixes with anything but a power-of-1000 meaning, but does not cite the IEC binary prefixes.<ref name="SAE2017" />

The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization ([[CENELEC]]) adopted the IEC-recommended binary prefixes via the harmonization document HD&nbsp;60027-2:2003-03.<ref name="CENELEC2003" /> The European Union (EU) has required the use of the IEC binary prefixes since 2007.<ref name="CENELECxxxx" />