On Friday 16 December 2005 11:39, Jim Elwell wrote: > Hmmmm . . . . I have to think about this. When we do inventory > counts, we count the number of parts, and enter that number into the > database. If we 2,345 parts, that's the number we type in. > > The only situation I can think of where we might want a shorthand > notation is on a PowerPoint slide. There we would use "k" for > thousand, "M" for million. Accountants used to use "M" for thousand > (as in $M), but our accountants and auditors know that is no longer > acceptable.
The numbers in question are order sizes and prices. They also use "C" for hundred. I don't see a good replacement for that, since "h", besides the prefix "hecto", also stands for "hour", "C" for coulombs, "H" for henry, and "c" for centi. phma
