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From: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy T. Beagle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Unit nomenclature (Was Disk transfer speed)
Message-ID: <55@sopwith.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 88 22:31:12 GMT
References: <938@ccnysci.UUCP> <8810250344.AA02429@esplanade.csri.toronto.edu> <7255@dasys1.UUCP> <76349@sun.uucp>
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In article <76349@sun.uucp> poynton%vector@Sun.COM (Charles Poynton) writes:

|Upper case "M" is the symbol for mega, a multiplier of 1000000.  Little-m
|is the symbol for milli, 1/1000, and care should be taken not to confuse
|it with mega.

Now if you can just get the people who label capacitors to comply.

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   /_____\    Snoopy	"Look Marge, I found a 47 Mega-Farad capacitor!"
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