Re: A86: Useful Information

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Subject: Re: A86: Useful Information
From: Dux Gregis <assets@eden.rutgers.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:37:48 -0400
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I was being sarcastic.  Your measures have absolutely nothing to do with
assembly.  (if I were looking for these prefixes, I would not go to the 86
assembly list)

Grant Stockly wrote:

> I don't understand what you are getting at...  They are values that can be
> used to measure things...
>
> >Hey, great!  Do these work in hex too?
> >
> >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)

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Re: A86: Useful Information

From: gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)