05-07-2008, 03:50 PM | #1 | |
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There was a posting on / . regarding the amount of disk storage being shipped by the HDD manufacturers.
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I always wondered where they come up with these, and now I find there apparently is an "approved" list of geek-math-terms to describe them. Here is the list (from / .) : yocto- y 10^-24 zepto- z 10^-21 atto- a 10^-18 femto- f 10^-15 pico- p 10^-12 nano- n 10^-9 micro- m 10^-6 milli- m 10^-3 centi- c 10^-2 deci- d 10^-1 (none) -- -- deka- D 10^1 hecto- H 10^2 kilo- K 10^3 mega- M 10^6 giga- G 10^9 tera- T 10^12 peta- P 10^15 exa- E 10^18 zetta- Z 10^21 yotta- Y 10^24 Link to the article listing these: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/...499008,00.html |
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