Information Systems 12 (E238) 2007
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Metric Prefixes
Prefixes For Use With The Fundamental Units Of The Metric System (SI)
prefix
symbol
power of 10
decimal
equivalent
yotta
Y
24
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
million billion billion
zetta
Z
21
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
thousand billion billion
exa
E
18
1,000,000,000,000,000,000
billion billion
peta
P
15
1,000,000,000,000,000
million billion (quadrillion)
tera
T
12
1,000,000,000,000
trillion
giga
G
9
1,000,000,000
billion
mega
M
6
1,000,000
million
kilo
k
3
1,000
thousand

0
1
one (“the unit”)
milli
m
-3
0.001
thousandth
micro
µ
-6
0.000001
millionth
nano
n
-9
0.000000001
billionth
pico
p
-12
0.000000000001
thousand billionth
femto
f
-15
0.000000000000001
million billionth
atto
a
-18
0.000000000000000001
billion billionth
zepto
z
-21
0.000000000000000000001
thousand billion billionth
yocto
y
-24
0.000000000000000000000001
million billion billionth

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