Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/11/67 11:36

On 4 Jan 2006 12:28:02 -0800, "NYC XYZ" <jack_foreigner@yahoo.com>
Gave us:

>Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
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>> 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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>Sure, in the computer world as well (generally "MB," though).
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>Mille is Latin for a thousand. This is what printers go by.


We ALL use the METRIC system these days. So do DISC "publishers"

I'd bet that book publisher do as well.

Little m is mille or 1/1000.

Little k is kilo 1000

Capital M is Mega or MILLION.

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