k,ohm and m,ohms

[ban-all-sheds]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte

 

[maltaron]

Its got a bit confusing again, all the OP needed to know was k or kilo = multiply x 1000, M or meg = multiply by 1000000. End of story. The OP was talking about Ohms not memory.

 

[IJWS15]

Prefixes

m = milli = thousandth or x.001
c = centi = Hundredth or x.01

K = kilo = thousnads or x1000
M = mega = millions or x 1000000

And so on.

Just think about these applied to one meter (about 3ft 4in).

cm and mm are marked on your tape measure (unless you have a strange French one marked in decimeters) - one meter = 100 centimeters = 1000 millimeters)

km appear on continetal road signs. 1km = 1000m = 1,000,000mm

Same principles apply to Ohms, Watts, Jules etc.

 

[davelx]

Its got a bit confusing again, all the OP needed to know was k or kilo = multiply x 1000, M or meg = multiply by 1000000. End of story. The OP was talking about Ohms not memory.

True, but once you go down a mink-hole it's nice to stay there

(A mink hole is a bit like a rat hole but warm and furry so a nice place to be).

 

[securespark]

(A mink hole is a bit like a rat hole but warm and furry so a nice place to be).

Perv!!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I saw an interesting insult on a website once - hard to reproduce here, but you can probably work it out:

"I'd call you a ****, but you lack both the depth and the warmth".

The first * was a letter between B & D.

 

[TicklyT]

One source of confusion is ignoring the convention that multiplying factors should be expressed in upper case letters, and dividing factors as lower case letters.

So M = Mega = multiply by 1,000,000
And m = milli = divide by 1000.
etc.
etc.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

One source of confusion is ignoring the convention that multiplying factors should be expressed in upper case letters, and dividing factors as lower case letters.

Maybe one source of confusion is thinking that is the convention when in fact it does not apply to da, h & k (10, 100 & 1000)....