Re: TIB: Useful Information

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Subject: Re: TIB: Useful Information
From: Richard Piotter <richfile@prairie.lakes.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 20:19:27 +0100
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This is from a friend on the TI list

Grant Stockly wrote:
> 
> 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)

-- 


Richard Piotter
richfile@prairie.lakes.com

The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html

References:

TIB: Useful Information

From: gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)