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Subject:Re: 50-ohm vs. # symbol From:Bonnie Nestor <mnj -at- ORNL -dot- GOV> Date:Tue, 22 Aug 1995 09:25:04 -0400
In article <cmccaffrey-2108951719000001 -at- cmccaffr -dot- spyglass -dot- com>,
cmccaffrey -at- spyglass -dot- com (chuck mccaffrey) wrote:
> Is K a non-standard abbreviation for thousand or for 2**10=1024?
Both, probably. Lower-case "k" is the SI prefix for "thousand," hence "km"
for kilometers and "kg" for kilograms, but there are those Offenders
Against the Standards Embraced by All Right-Thinking People (please note
ironic capitals!) who use an upper-case "K" instead -- more than once,
I've seen kilowatt abbreviated "Kw" instead of the prescribed "kW."
I don't know what the computer folks have done/are doing with 2**10, but I
suspect the worst [:-)].
But wouldn't it be nice if salaries quoted as, say, $40K used the 2**10
multiplier?
Bonnie Nestor
mnj -at- ornl -dot- gov
DISCLAIMER: I work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for Lockheed Martin Energy
Systems, which is under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy -- but I
don't speak for any of them, and they return the favor.
