Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!ames!ptsfa!dmt From: dmt@ptsfa.UUCP (Dave Turner) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Simple query (prefixing) Message-ID: <3875@ptsfa.UUCP> Date: 12 Dec 87 01:15:43 GMT References: <3633@ames.arpa> Reply-To: dmt@ptsfa.UUCP (Dave Turner) Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 20 In article <3633@ames.arpa> eugene@pioneer.UUCP (Eugene Miya N.) writes: >We have kilo, mega, giga, tera, and I note some inconsistency >with giga. What shall we use after Tera? Too many people talking about SI (Systeme International d'Unites) which gave use the prefixes has prefixes that run from 10^18 to 10^-18: 10^18 exa 10^15 peta 10^12 tera ... 10^-12 pico 10^-15 femto 10^-18 atto Since SI forbids compound prefixes (remember micromicrofarads? now pico) they'll have to invent some new ones sooner or later. -- Dave Turner 415/542-1299 {ihnp4,lll-crg,qantel,pyramid}!ptsfa!dmt