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Units and Multipliers

Units

Attribute Unit Symbol Description
Frequency Hertz Hz Cycles per Second
Time Seconds S
Data Transmission Rate Bits per Second b/S This is a DIGITAL Unit
Modulation Rate Baud B Rate of change of the Carrier.
This is an ANALOGUE unit.

Multipliers

Multiple Unit Symbol Description
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 Exa E
1,000,000,000,000,000 Peta P
1,000,000,000,000 Tera T
1,000,000,000 Giga G
1,000,000 Mega M
1,024 Kilo K Binary Thousand
1,000 kilo k Decimal Thousand
0.001 milli m
0.000001 micro µ
0.000000001 nano n
0.000000000001 pica p
0.000000000000001 femto f
0.000000000000000001 atto a

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