Date   : Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:45:56 -0000
From   : "David Hunt" <dm.hunt@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

> meaning 1 megabyte; I'd read "mb" as milli-something.  Millibar if
> there was a weather reference.  Millibit in computing, not that it
> means anything.  I'm sure that conventional scientific notation uses
> capitals for all the increasing multiples of a thousand, like
> 
>  K   Kilo    M mega    and so on
> 
> and lowercase ones for the diminishing multiples: m - milli etc.
> 
> --
> Jeremy C B Nicoll, Edinburgh, Scotland - my opinions are my own.

Well, almost, kilo is a small k, e.g. kWh - kilowatt hour.

A reasonable list (without going into the crazy stuff) can be found at

http://www.knowledgedoor.com/1/Unit_Conversion/Power_Prefixes.htm

Dave ;)