Appendix C International System of Units Specifications
International System of Units (SI) specifies prefixes for certain multiples of 10. This practice is followed in engineering and electronics as a shorthand way of representing large and small numbers. The following chart provides the prefixes and their associated multiplier. As an example, the number 1,200,000 could be represented as 1.2 Mega, or 1.2 M.
Prefix
| Symbol
| Multiplier
|
Giga
| G
| 1,000,000,000
|
Mega
| M
| 1,000,000
|
Kilo
| K
| 1,000
|
milli
| m
| 0.001
|
micro
| u
| 0.000001
|
nano
| n
| 0.000000001
|
pico
| p
| 0.000000000001
|
|