The standard notation for number in enginering is the following for the power of 10
tera = 10^12 giga = 10^9 mega = 10^6 kilo = 10^3 mili = 10^-3 micro = 10^-6 nano = 10^-9 pico = 10^-12 For gigabinary the prefix is effectively gigi = 2^30 but we could say that praticly nobody use that, other than disk drive manufacturer. So why not only use the standard for power of 10 and let's rest in peace the performance number for a while? Since we don't know what it will be able to do, there just to many unknow factor right now. On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 14:18, Timothy Miller wrote: > Except that giga sometimes means 2^30. > > And don't bother mentioning Gibi. I would agree with you. That > doesn't change the fact that giga is still ambiguous. > > > On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:27:43 -0500, Daniel Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 04 February 2005 10:38, Timothy Miller wrote: > > > That's a good point. I think the British like to use terms like > > > "thousand million". Do we all use "million" to mean 10^6? > > > > > > When I way 1.6 billion pixels per second, I mean 1.6*10^9. > > > > The solution is, never say "billion" and always say "giga". > > > > Regards, > > > > Daniel > > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
