Newsgroups: comp.parallel
From: steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson)
Subject: Re: Beyond Teraflops (Easy Question)
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 14:48:38 GMT
Message-ID: <3es2rq$2k3@hubcap.clemson.edu>

David Jensen (djensen@sed.psrw.com) wrote:
: Greetings! 

\begin{tabular}{lcll}
Prefix Name & Symbol & Equivalent & Multiple \\ \ hline
atto        &   a    & quintillionth & $10^{-18}\\
femto       &   f    & quadrillionth & $10^{-15}\\
pico        &   p    & trillionth    & $10^{-12}\\
nano        &   n    & billionth     & $10^{-9}\\
micro       &  $\mu$ &millionth      & $10^{-6}\\
milli       &   m    & thousandth    & $10^{-3}\\
centi       &   c    & hundredth     & $10^{-2}\\
deci        &   d    & tenth         & $10^{-1}\\
(none)\\
deka        &   da   & ten           & $10^{1}\\
hecto       &   h    & hundred       & $10^{2}\\
kilo        &   k    & thousand      & $10^{3}\\
mega        &   M    & million       & $10^{6}\\
giga        &   G    & billion       & $10^{9}\\
tera        &   T    & trillion      & $10^{12}\\
peta        &   P    & quadrillion   & $10^{15}\\
exa         &   E    & quintillion   & $10^{18}
\end{tabular}

\begin{tabular}{ll}
Name & Multiple \\
trillion     & $10^{12}\\
quadrillion  & $10^{15}\\
quintillion  & $10^{18}\\
sextillion   & $10^{21}\\
septillion   & $10^{24}\\
octillion    & $10^{27}\\
nonillian    & $10^{30}\\
decillion    & $10^{33}\\
undecillion  & $10^{36}\\
duodecillion & $10^{39}\\
tredecillion & $10^{42}\\
quattuordecillion  & $10^{45}\\
quindecillion& $10^{48}\\
sexdecillion & $10^{51}\\
septendecillion& $10^{54}\\
octodecillion  & $10^{57}\\
novemdecillion & $10^{60}\\
vigintillion   & $10^{63}\\
\              \\
centillion     & $10^{303}\\
 \             \\
googol         &10^{100}\\
googolplex     &10^{10^{100}}
\end{tabular}

\begin{tabular}{ll}
Number   & Roman Numerals \\
1        &       I        \\
2        &       II       \\
3        &       III      \\
4        &       IV       \\
5        &       V        \\
$\ldots$ &    $\ldots$    \\
9        &       IX       \\
10       &       X        \\
$\ldots$ &    $\ldots$    \\
40       &       XL       \\
50       &       L        \\
$\ldots$ &    $\ldots$    \\
90       &       XC       \\
100      &       C        \\
$\ldots$ &    $\ldots$    \\
400      &      CD        \\
500      &       D        \\
600      &       DC       \\
$\ldots$ &    $\ldots$    \\
900      &       CM       \\
1,000    &       M        \\
5,000    &   $\bar{V}     \\
10,000   &   $\bar{X}     \\
100,000  &   $\bar{C}     \\
1,000,000&   $\bar{M}
\end{tabular}

: Here's an easy question ...

: I know ...
-- 
Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson           steve@hubcap.clemson.edu
Department of Computer Science,            (803)656-5880.mabell
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906
Wanted: Sterbenz, P. Floating Point Computation


