[sdiy] Multipliers, was: Wavetable info

[Ingo Debus]

Am Samstag, 03.01.04 um 08:29 Uhr schrieb KA4HJH:

>>>
>>> Whilst true I have always thought that this does make for some
>>> confusion. I think K is the only multiplier over 1 that exists in the
>>> lower case. G, M and T being the most common others. Also annoying 
>>> for
>>> the unwary, the kg is a base unit and not the gramme.
>>
>> Yes, this IS an annoying detail and inconsistency. By the time that 
>> things
>> where put into a even more structured order a few things where to 
>> late to fix.
>> However, this inconsistency is well documented and the appropriate 
>> format is
>> international standard.
>
> Just glancing over the document Magnus sent me I see that hecto and 
> deca
> are lowercase. Not that I use them very often...
>

Lowercase d is for Deca (10x multiplier)? Isn't that already used for 
deci (0.1x multiplier), as in dB?

Ingo