Prefixes

Note: In computer memory, a kilobyte is really 1024 bytes because the computer us

Milli

.001

thousandth

Micro

.000001

millionth

Nano

.000000001

billionth

Pico

.000000000001

trillionth

Kilo

1000

thousand

Mega

1,000,000

million

Giga

1,000,000,000

billion

Tera

1,000,000,000,000

trillion

es binary arithmetic (210 = 1024)

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