Checked fact 112011 Oct 2026Money and compute

NIST's table of metric prefixes lists giga as 10 to the power 9, a billion, with gigawatt as its example, and mega as 10 to the power 6, a million.

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giga Example: gigawatt G 10 9 billion mega M 10 6 million

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“NIST's table of metric prefixes lists giga as 10 to the power 9, a billion, with gigawatt as its example, and mega as 10 to the power 6, a million.” ai notis, checked 11 Oct 2026. Source: Metric (SI) Prefixes (NIST). https://ainotis.com/c/1120

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ai notis. (2026, October 11). NIST's table of metric prefixes lists giga as 10 to the power 9, a billion, with gigawatt as its example, and mega as 10 to the power 6, a million [Checked claim 1120]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/1120

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