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What is the prefix for 1 billion in the metric sytem?
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.
What does giga mean?
Giga is a prefix which means one billion. For example: 1 Gigapascal = 1 billion Pascals.
What is bigger than a giga-bite?
The next larger prefix after Giga is Tera, so 1024 (or 1000) Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte. The multiple is sometimes taken to be 1000 and at other times it is 210 = 1024.
How many tons in a gigaton?
"giga" is a prefix used to indicate "billion" or 109. 1 gigatonne = 109 tonnes, or 1,000,000,000 tonnes
What does G standfor and the equivalent?
Not sure what you mean, but the best guess I can make is: What does the G in Gm, Gg, etc mean - ie as a prefix to a unit. In this case it is a prefix of Giga- which means multiply the unit by 109 which is the same as 1,000,000,000: 1 Gm = 1 Gigametre = 1,000,000,000 m 1 Gg = 1 Gigagram = 1,000,000,000 g = 1,000,000 kg = 1,000 Mg = 1,000 tonnes = 1 Kilo-tonne etc.
