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SI Prefixes

From: Toby Considine <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:42:00 -0000

There has been much back and forth on the final source for * exactly * the correct si prefixes, and multiple sources Well, at last: http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/general.html http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/ and, in particular, the prefixes…. http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter3/prefixes.html Still no publicly accessibly codelist. Of course, there is still that pesky mu ( µ) for micro…. Tc Note that the attached IEC links are for binary (computer stuff) rather than for decadic information “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw. Toby Considine TC9, Inc TC Chair: oBIX & WS-Calendar TC Editor: EMIX, EnergyInterop U.S. National Inst. of Standards and Tech. Smart Grid Architecture Committee Email: [email protected] Phone: (919)619-2104 http://www.tcnine.com/ blog: www.NewDaedalus.com