WebbThese are not English words, but Greek (hyper) and Latin (super, ultra) prepositions.Hyper and super mean exactly the same thing, 'above' -- they're cognates, in fact; Greek initial S went to H, and Y was the Greek letter corresponding to Latin V (or U). Greek is of course more prestigious than Latin, but it's not bigger. Ultra, on the other hand, means 'beyond', … WebbA unit prefix is a specifier or mnemonic that is prepended to units of measurement to indicate multiples or ... so that, e.g., in exponentiation, 1 km 2 means one square kilometre, not one thousand square metres, and …
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WebbMega means 10^6, or if you're talking about bytes then it's normally incorrectly used to refer to a mebibyte, which is 2^20 bytes. One byte is 8 bits. So one mebibyte = 8*2^20 bits, which is 8,388,608 bits. If you really meant megabytes, then it's 8*10^6, which is 8,000,000. 2 More answers below Guillaume Riesen 7 y Webb1 km 2 means one square kilometre, or the area of a square of 1000 m by 1000 m. In other words, an area of 1 000 000 square metres and not 1000 square metres. 2 Mm 3 means two cubic megametres, or the volume of two cubes of 1 000 000 m by 1 000 000 m by 1 000 000 m or 2 × 1018 m3, and not 2 000 000 cubic metres ( 2 × 106 m3 ). fishing trips to alaska vacation
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WebbThe prefix Mega- means 10 6. Hence Megabytes exist. So why do we not have Megametres? nouns prefixes measuring-units Share Improve this question Follow edited Jul 22, 2011 at 14:20 RegDwigнt 96.4k 39 305 399 asked Jul 22, 2011 at 12:46 Urbycoz 15.5k 59 131 185 Except a megabyte is not a million bytes. – kinokijuf Jan 6, 2014 at … WebbGiga ( / ˈɡɪɡə / or / ˈdʒɪɡə /) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of a short-scale billion or long-scale milliard (10 9 or 1 000 000 000 ). It has the symbol G . Giga is derived from the Greek word γίγας ( gígas ), meaning "giant". WebbThe prefix mega is derived from the Greek megas meaning great and is symbolized as M. Mega denotes a factor of a million (10 6) which means that there are 1,000,000 watts in a megawatt. Select a Conversion Select one of the megawatt conversions below: Megawatt to Decawatt (MW to daW) Megawatt to Gigawatt (MW to GW) Megawatt to Hectowatt … fishing trips to patagonia