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  2. Binary prefix - Wikipedia

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    A binary prefix is a unit prefix that indicates a multiple of a unit of measurement by an integer power of two.The most commonly used binary prefixes are kibi (symbol Ki, meaning 2 10 = 1024), mebi (Mi, 2 20 = 1 048 576), and gibi (Gi, 2 30 = 1 073 741 824).

  3. Template:Metric prefixes (inline table) - Wikipedia

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    Prefix name N/A deca hecto kilo mega giga tera peta exa zetta yotta ronna quetta; Prefix symbol da h k M G T P E Z Y R Q Factor 10 0: 10 1: 10 2: 10 3: 10 6: 10 9: 10 12: 10 15: 10 18: 10 21: 10 24: 10 27: 10 30

  4. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    Prefix 1 1 10 6: Million Million Million M Mega-2 1 10 9: Billion Thousand million Milliard G Giga-3 2 10 12: Trillion Billion Billion T Tera-4 2 10 15: Quadrillion Thousand billion Billiard P Peta-5 3 10 18: Quintillion Trillion Trillion E Exa-6 3 10 21: Sextillion Thousand trillion Trilliard Z Zetta-7 4 10 24: Septillion Quadrillion ...

  5. Unit prefix - Wikipedia

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    The prefixes of the metric system precede a basic unit of measure to indicate a decadic multiple and fraction of a unit. Each prefix has a unique symbol that is added to the beginning of the unit symbol. Some of the prefixes date back to the introduction of the metric system in the 1790s, but new prefixes have been added, and some have been ...

  6. Metric prefix - Wikipedia

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    The prefixes from tera-to quetta-are based on the Ancient Greek or Ancient Latin numbers from 4 to 10, referring to the 4th through 10th powers of 10 3. The initial letter h has been removed from some of these stems and the initial letters z , y , r , and q have been added, ascending in reverse alphabetical order, to avoid confusion with other ...

  7. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    The prefix kilo, for example, implies a factor of 1000 (10 3), and the prefix milli implies a factor of 1/1000 (10 −3). Thus, a kilometre is a thousand metres, and a milligram is one thousandth of a gram. These relations can be written symbolically as: [4]

  8. Template:Metric prefixes (inline table)/doc - Wikipedia

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    Prefix name N/A deca hecto kilo mega giga tera peta exa zetta yotta ronna quetta; Prefix symbol da h k M G T P E Z Y R Q Factor 10 0: 10 1: 10 2: 10 3: 10 6: 10 9: 10 12: 10 15: 10 18: 10 21: 10 24: 10 27: 10 30

  9. Long and short scales - Wikipedia

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    Metric prefix Short scale Long scale 1 one one 10 deca ten ten 10 2: hecto hundred hundred 10 3: kilo thousand thousand 10 6: mega million million 10 9: giga billion or milliard milliard 10 12: tera trillion billion 10 15: peta quadrillion billiard 10 18: exa quintillion trillion 10 21: zetta sextillion trilliard 10 24: yotta septillion ...