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In the context of computing, the metric prefixes are often intended to mean something other than their normal meaning. For example, 'kilobyte' often refers to 1024 bytes even though the standard meaning of kilo is 1000. Also, 'mega' normally means one million, but in computing is often used to mean 2 20 = 1 048 576. The table below illustrates ...
Breadcrumbs, also known as breading, consist of crumbled bread of varying dryness, sometimes with seasonings added, used for breading or crumbing foods, topping casseroles, stuffing poultry, thickening stews, adding inexpensive bulk to soups, meatloaves and similar foods, and making a crisp and crunchy covering for fried foods, especially breaded cutlets like tonkatsu and schnitzel.
Michigan Community College's Virtual Learning Collaborative uses the term "Navigation Path", [7] as do some Drupal users. [ 8 ] French and Spanish speakers sometimes use instead the term Ariadne's thread (in French fil d'Ariane ) in relation to the thread left by Ariadne to Theseus so he can find the exit of the labyrinth after killing the ...
Small quantities of salt and spices are generally measured by volume worldwide, as few households have sufficiently precise balances to measure by weight. In most countries, meat is described by weight or count: "a 2 kilogram chicken"; "four lamb chops". Eggs are usually specified by count.
Term Factor Term 2 −1: 10 −1: 0.415 bits (log 2 4/3) – amount of information needed to eliminate one option out of four. 0.6–1.3 bits – approximate information per letter of English text. [3] 2 0: bit: 10 0: bit 1 bit – 0 or 1, false or true, Low or High (a.k.a. unibit)
The kelvin is defined by setting the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant k to 1.380 649 × 10 −23 J⋅K −1, (J = kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −2), given the definition of the kilogram, the metre, and the second.
A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. [1] Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a multiple of the unit of measurement. [2] For example, a length is a physical quantity.
In this Norwegian grocery store, the price for a bottle of ketchup is displayed in terms of the price paid per package (64.90 kr) and the price paid per kilogram (111.90 kr). this allows customers to know how much they will pay and to quickly compare products that have different sizes of packages.