Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/11/11 11:36

On 4 Jan 2006 08:55:40 -0800, "NYC XYZ" <jack_foreigner@yahoo.com>
Gave us:

>cards at 10 M ("M" for "mille," or a thousand)


In the industrial world "M" is one million. It is the abbreviation
for Mega, not mille. mill is a small m and stands for one thousandth.
k stands for kilo and is one thousand.

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