Tera
Tera (symbol: T) is a prefix in the SI system of units denoting 1012, or 1 000 000 000 000.
Confirmed in 1960, it comes from the Greek τέρας, meaning monster.
In computer science tera can sometimes mean 1 099 511 627 776 (240), instead of 1 000 000 000 000 especially when used to prefix the byte, giving a terabyte. To avoid this ambiguity, the term tebibyte has been introduced for 240 bytes, but this is not yet widely used.
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| (Sub)multiple | Prefix | Symbol | Short scale Name | Long scale Name |
| 1024 | yotta | Y | Septillion | Quadrillion |
| 1021 | zetta | Z | Sextillion | Thousand trillion (Trilliard) |
| 1018 | exa | E | Quintillion | Trillion |
| 1015 | peta | P | Quadrillion | Thousand billion (Billiard) |
| 1012 | tera | T | Trillion | Billion |
| 109 | giga | G | Billion | Thousand million (Milliard) |
| 106 | mega | M | Million | |
| 103 | kilo | k | Thousand | |
| 102 | hecto | h | Hundred | |
| 101 | deca | da | Ten | |
| 10-1 | deci | d | Tenth | |
| 10-2 | centi | c | Hundredth | |
| 10-3 | milli | m | Thousandth | |
| 10-6 | micro | µ | Millionth | |
| 10-9 | nano | n | Billionth | Milliardth |
| 10-12 | pico | p | Trillionth | Billionth |
| 10-15 | femto | f | Quadrillionth | Billiardth |
| 10-18 | atto | a | Quintillionth | Trillionth |
| 10-21 | zepto | z | Sextillionth | Trilliardth |
| 10-24 | yocto | y | Septillionth | Quadrillionth |
See also
- SI prefix
- Binary prefix
- all pages from Tera (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Allpages&from=Tera)
External link
- BIPM website (http://www.bipm.org)
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