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Subject:Re: Abbreviation of measures From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:10:18 -0700
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>In scientific circles, "M" means mega, while "m" means milli, so the capital
>M is correct. Unfortunately I don't have the reference here, so I can't
>give you an answer on giga.
<<
I agree with what everyone so far has said about why M and B are
capitalized for mega and byte. Hmmm...the G...
The G for giga in gigabyte is capitalized because a small g stands for
gnat, as in gnatbite. <slap! scratch, scratch.>
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