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- From: jjd@cray.com (Jeff Drummond)
- Subject: Re: SI Units Quiz
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.095736.20138@hemlock.cray.com>
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- References: <1993Jan21.004320.16522@draco.macsch.com>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 09:57:36 CST
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- In article <1993Jan21.004320.16522@draco.macsch.com> dnl@convex.is.macsch.com (David Lombard) writes:
- >Here's a quick SI units quiz. What is the multiplier for each of
- >the following prefixes. For extra credit, what is the symbol
- >(be careful, case is significant).
- >
- > atto
- > centi
- > deca
- > deci
- > exa
- > femto
- > giga
- > hecto
- > kilo
- > mega
- > micro
- > milli
- > nano
- > peta
- > pico
- > tera
- > yocto
- > yotta
- > zepto
- > zetta
- >
- >Have fun!
- >DNL
-
- Too easy. Here's the prefix table from our units(1) command:
-
- 1e-24, "yocto",
- 1e-21, "zepto",
- 1e-18, "atto",
- 1e-15, "femto",
- 1e-12, "pico",
- 1e-9, "nano",
- 1e-6, "micro",
- 1e-3, "milli",
- 1e-2, "centi",
- 1e-1, "deci",
- 1e1, "deka",
- 1e2, "hecta",
- 1e2, "hecto",
- 1e3, "kilo",
- 1e6, "mega",
- 1e6, "meg",
- 1e9, "giga",
- 1e12, "tera",
- 1e15, "peta",
- 1e18, "exa",
- 1e21, "zetta",
- 1e24, "yotta",
-
- The first two and last two were recent additions, as you probably know
- (see "Science News", 1/16/93).
-
- > MY_COMMENTS, MY_OPINIONS.
- >
- >David N. Lombard The first thing we do, The MacNeal-Schwendler Corp
- >dnl@macsch.com Let's kill all the lawyers. 815 Colorado Blvd
- >(213) 259-4911 II Henry VI, IV.ii Los Angeles, CA 90041
-
- -Jeff jjd@cray.com
- --
- "10 yottaflops is a lotta flops." -me
-