Giga is a billion in the metric system.
In the metric system, the prefix for 1 billion is "giga-".
Giga- It is worth noting that when used in computer terminology, this prefix is something of an anachronism. The computer prefix "Giga" refers to 2^30, which is 1,073,741,824 and not 1,000,000,000 as Giga means in the metric system.
If you mean the American billion (1,000,000,000), the metric prefix is "Giga".If you mean the American billion (1,000,000,000), the metric prefix is "Giga".If you mean the American billion (1,000,000,000), the metric prefix is "Giga".If you mean the American billion (1,000,000,000), the metric prefix is "Giga".
1x10^9 = Giga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix
In the SI (metric) system of units, the prefix "giga..." means "a billion of them".
Giga is the SI prefix representing 109, or billions. 1Gm, one gigametre, equals 1 billion metres, 1 000 000 000m.
It could be 4 micro-[units].
The metric system prefix for the quantity 0.000001 is micro- (symbol: μ).
The metric system prefix for the quantity 0.001 is Milli.
Assuming you mean the American billion (a 1, followed by 9 zeroes), the prefix is Giga, abbreviated "G".
The metric prefix for 10 to the ninth power is "giga." It is abbreviated as "G" and represents one billion.
"Giga" is a prefix that denotes a factor of one billion (10^9) in the International System of Units (SI). It is commonly used to indicate a large quantity, such as in the terms "gigabyte" for data storage and "gigawatt" for power measurement.