A unit prefix is a specifier or mnemonic that is prepended to units of measurement to indicate multiples or fractions of the units. Units of various sizes are commonly formed by the use of such prefixes. The prefixes of the metric system, such as kilo and milli, represent multiplication by positive or negative powers of ten. In information technology it is common to use binary prefixes, which are based on powers of two. Historically, many prefixes have been used or proposed by various sources, but only a narrow set has been recognised by standards organisations.
A unitprefix is a specifier or mnemonic that is prepended to units of measurement to indicate multiples or fractions of the units. Units of various sizes...
A metric prefix is a unitprefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit. All metric prefixes used today...
derived units. Since the sizes of coherent units will be convenient for only some applications and not for others, the SI provides twenty-four prefixes which...
binary prefix is a unitprefix that indicates a multiple of a unit of measurement by an integer power of two. The most commonly used binary prefixes are...
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because...
non-SI term micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling 1×10−6 metre (SI standard prefix "micro-" = 10−6); that is...
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. Its recommended unit symbol is MB. The unitprefix mega is a multiplier of 1000000...
letter was later introduced in the early centuries A.D. by the Romans. Unitprefix M (mega), meaning one million times, and m (milli) meaning one-thousandth...
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous...
entry: kilo (K) (as a prefix to units of semiconductor storage capacity)". "JEDEC dictionary entry: mega (M) (as a prefix to units of semiconductor storage...
International Phonetic Alphabet, ⟨t⟩ denotes the voiceless alveolar plosive. Unitprefix T, meaning 1,000,000,000,000 times. T with diacritics: Ť ť Ṫ ṫ ẗ Ţ ţ...
symbol cm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of...
of these units can be formed from these with the SI prefixes (power-of-ten prefixes) or the newer IEC binary prefixes (power-of-two prefixes). In 1928...
decimal (base 10) counting. The Roman numeral D represents the number 500. Unitprefix d, meaning one tenth. D is the grade below C but above E/F in the school...
Database, a database of biochemical information Ki (prefix symbol), the prefix symbol of the binary unitprefix kibi Ki, International Electrotechnical Commission...
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