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From: kludge@pyr.gatech.EDU (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Simple query (prefixing)
Message-ID: <4645@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: 12 Dec 87 04:13:13 GMT
References: <3633@ames.arpa>
Reply-To: kludge@pyr.UUCP (Scott Dorsey)
Organization: Georgia College Of Universal Knowledge
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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
>Teraflops machines and the Teraflops club.  I'm starting to get tired of
>hearing pico lately as well (but this and femto are used more
>consistently).

   The CRC Standard Math Tables (27th Edition) says:
     Giga:  10^12
     Pecta: 10^15
     Exa:   10^18

  in the list of Recommended Decimal Multiples and Submutiples for SI
Units.  I don't know just how strong the recommendation is, but as you
have noted with Giga, it isn't as strong as it should be.




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