Re: Mega doesn't mean million

From: David Minter <mintedb_at_occ-uky.campus.mci.net>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 12:39:53 -0600 (CST)

      While I've never actually seen a definition for the prefix "mega,"
it's become popular to use mega as million. E.G. megahertz- one million
hertz megadeath- one million deaths megaohm- one million ohms megabyte-
one million bytes megaton- one million tons.



Received on Sat Mar 30 1996 - 13:51:29 PST