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So there you have it. I am from the "old days" sand guess I am still living
in them. But I had no idea of the source of the "M's". Thank you for the
info!
John
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:49 AM, Anthony Rhodes <spamiam@comcast.net> wrote:
> In the old days "M" DID stand for "000", but maybe in the very early 70's
> it got standardized to K for "kilo"
>
> This is one of the changes that cause a break in the rules that the letter
> for the power of 10 is the same and the capitalization indicated the sign
> of the exponent, eg 10 to the third power would be a capital letter and 10
> to the negative third power would the the same letter in lower case.
>
> Now the letters are determined by the Greek ( or is it Latin?)
> designation: kilo,mega, giga, micro, nano, etc and sometimes to keep it
> clear, you also have to use the Greek letter, such as for "micro".
>
> -Tony
>
> Sent from my 1837 Babbage Analytical Engine
>
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:50:36 -0700
> > From: "Lee&John Howard" <leejohn7@gmail.com>
> > To: Brad Kahler <bkahler1@gmail.com>
> > Cc: triumph list list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Re: [TR] New Alternator - Stag
> >
> >
> > Doesn't M stand for 000?
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>So there you have it. I am from the "old days&qu=
ot; sand guess I am still living in them. But I had no idea of the source o=
f the "M's". Thank you for the info!<br></div>John<br></div><=
div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 8, 201=
6 at 3:49 AM, Anthony Rhodes <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:spamia=
m@comcast.net" target=3D"_blank">spamiam@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<=
br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left=
:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In the old days "M" DID stand f=
or "000", but maybe in the very early 70's it got standardize=
d to K for "kilo"<br>
<br>
This is one of the changes that cause a break in the rules that the letter =
for the power of 10 is the same and the capitalization indicated the sign o=
f the exponent, eg 10=C2=A0 to the third power would be a capital letter an=
d 10 to the negative third power would the the same letter in lower case.<b=
r>
<br>
Now the letters are determined by the Greek=C2=A0 ( or is it Latin?) design=
ation: kilo,mega, giga, micro, nano, etc and sometimes to keep it clear, yo=
u also have to use the Greek letter, such as for "micro".<br>
<br>
-Tony<br>
<br>
Sent from my 1837 Babbage Analytical Engine<br>
<br>
> Message: 2<br>
> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:50:36 -0700<br>
> From: "Lee&John Howard" <<a href=3D"mailto:leejohn7@g=
mail.com">leejohn7@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: Brad Kahler <<a href=3D"mailto:bkahler1@gmail.com";>bkahler1@gma=
il.com</a>><br>
> Cc: triumph list list <<a href=3D"mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net";>t=
riumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [TR] New Alternator - Stag<br>
><br>
><br>
> Doesn't M stand for 000?<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
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