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weights and measures
metric prefixes
| Yotta
|
Y
|
= 1024
|
=
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
|
| Zetta
|
Z
|
= 1021
|
=
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
|
| Exa
|
E
|
= 1018
|
=
1,000,000,000,000,000,000
|
| Peta
|
P
|
= 1015
|
=
1,000,000,000,000,000
|
| Tera
|
T
|
= 1012
|
= 1,000,000,000,000
|
| Giga
|
G
|
= 109
|
= 1,000,000,000
|
| Mega
|
M
|
= 106
|
= 1,000,000
|
| kilo
|
k
|
= 103
|
= 1,000
|
| hecto
|
h
|
= 102
|
= 100
|
| deca
|
da
|
= 101
|
= 10
|
| deci
|
d
|
= 10-1
|
= 0.1
|
| centi
|
c
|
= 10-2
|
= 0.01
|
| milli
|
m
|
= 10-3
|
= 0.001
|
| micro
|
µ
|
= 10-6
|
= 0.000,001
|
| nano
|
n
|
= 10-9
|
= 0.000,000,001
|
| pico
|
p
|
= 10-12
|
= 0.000,000,000,001
|
| femto
|
f
|
= 10-15
|
=
0.000,000,000,000,001
|
| atto
|
a
|
= 10-18
|
=
0.000,000,000,000,000,001
|
| zepto
|
z
|
= 10-21
|
=
0.000,000,000,000,000,000,001
|
| yocto
|
y
|
= 10-24
|
=
0.000,000,000,000,000,000,000,001
|
Some of the above prefixes do have different meanings
when used with computer topics:
| Peta
|
P
|
= 250
|
=
1,125,899,906,842,624
|
| Tera
|
T
|
= 240
|
= 1,099,511,627,776
|
| Giga
|
G
|
= 230
|
= 1,073,741,824
|
| Mega
|
M
|
= 220
|
= 1,048,576
|
| kilo
|
k
|
= 210
|
= 1,024
|
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