According to IEEE's standard dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms, there are two meanings for k (lower case) and two for K (upper case):
K: cathode (vacuum tube) K: kelvin k: kilo k: Bolzmann's constant Note: They do NOT list M (caps) as Mega, but do list m (lower case) as milli. The 1998 EMC Encyclopedia shows M = mega and m = milli. Mike Hopkins KeyTek > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary McInturff [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:50 PM > To: 'Egon H. Varju'; EMC-PSTC > Subject: RE: Y3K > > > Oh my last birthday my children wanted to know if I was really, really sad > when the Dinosaur's all died - heavy sigh! > Anyway - M is for Mega or 1,000,000 and K for Kilo or 1,000 > But I'm sorta betting you're getting tired of hearing that. > Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Egon H. Varju [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 9:17 AM > To: EMC-PSTC > Subject: Re: Y3K > > > > >Roger, way back in the days of the caveman, 1M ohms = 1000 > ohms. Guess > >going metric changed everything. > > Strange ... During my dinosaur hunting days, 1M ohm used to > be = 1 000 000 > ohms. Maybe we grew up in parallel universes ... > > Egon :-) > > __________________________________________ > > Egon H. Varju, PEng > E.H. Varju & Associates Ltd. > North Vancouver, Canada > > Tel: 1 604 985 5710 HAVE MODEM > Fax: 1 604 273 5815 WILL TRAVEL > > E-mail: [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > __________________________________________ > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
