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minus-squarefhqwgads@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-218 days agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix In case you wondered where they came in the list like I immediately did: quetta Q 10^30 ronna R 10^27 yotta Y 10^24 zetta Z 10^21 exa E 10^18 peta P 10^15 tera T 10^12 giga G 10^9 mega M 10^6 kilo k 10^3 hecto h 10^2 deca da 10^1 —— deci d 10^−1 centi c 10^−2 milli m 10^−3 micro μ 10^−6 nano n 10^−9 pico p 10^−12 femto f 10^p−15 atto a 10^−18 zepto z 10^−21 yocto y 10^−24 ronto r 10^−27 quecto q 10^−30
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoI’m going to start giving my height in quectometres
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoI noticed recently that a Linux command mentioned in its manpage that it supported Q as a bit prefix and I had to stop to ponder the utility in encoding a million-billion Terabytes.
minus-squarefhqwgads@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoBut did they mean Quettabytes or Quebibytes? Because the difference is only around 250 000 times the size of the Internet.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoBah, that’s just a rounding error!
minus-squarebitcrafter@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoOr, in other words, around 244 kibiInternets.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoGoogol 10^100. (Not sure if that’s official prefix.)
minus-squarefhqwgads@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoAs far as I remember it isn’t, it’s just a named specific large number, like Avogadro’s number or Graham’s number.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix
In case you wondered where they came in the list like I immediately did:
I’m going to start giving my height in quectometres
I noticed recently that a Linux command mentioned in its manpage that it supported Q as a bit prefix and I had to stop to ponder the utility in encoding a million-billion Terabytes.
But did they mean Quettabytes or Quebibytes? Because the difference is only around 250 000 times the size of the Internet.
Bah, that’s just a rounding error!
Or, in other words, around 244 kibiInternets.
Googol 10^100.
(Not sure if that’s official prefix.)
As far as I remember it isn’t, it’s just a named specific large number, like Avogadro’s number or Graham’s number.