Giga is a billion in the metric system.
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].
MT stands for metric ton on the metric system. It is the equivalent of 1000 kilograms and can also be called simply a ton.
The metric system prefix for the quantity 0.001 is Milli.
In the metric system the kg is the basic unit of mass. 1000 kg is called a tonne (2200lb). Then prefixes are used indicating quantity: Mega = 1 000 000, 106 Giga = 109 Tera = 1012 Peta = 1015 In the Imperial system: the UK ton is 2240 lb, the US ton is 2000 lb
Dec, as in Decimal or Decade.
In the SI (metric) system, there are 7 prefixes above kilo: mega, giga, tera, peta, exa, zetta, yotta. Therefore, the yottameter is the longest unit of metric measurement, equaling 1 septillion (1x1024) meters.
THE METRIC SYSTEM WONDERLAND or THE WONDERS OF THE METRIC SYSTEM