A83: Useful Information


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A83: Useful Information




Hello.  I compilied a list of common abbreaviations for you guys...  I had
some questions about the negitive incriments.  I hope you save this and
find it useful!

Grant

10^18   exa     E
10^15   pecta   P       (I know, I've heard "peta" too)
10^12   tera    T
10^9    giga    G       (first 'g' as in "gigantic" believe it or not)
10^6    mega    M
10^3    kilo    k       (note lowercase from here down)
10^2    hecto   h       (not used much)
10^1    deca    da
10^-1   deci    d
10^-2   centi   c
10^-3   milli   m
10^-6   micro   (greek mu)
10^-9   nano    n
10^-12  pico    p
10^-15  femto   f
10^-18  atto    a

s       second  (time)
S       siemens (conductance)