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Suffixes (unit multipliers)
Suffixes provide an easy way to convert values to different units. The suffixes available depend on the view mode
The standard suffixes are available in all view modes except for Engineering, (which has its own set of suffixes, described later). The standard suffixes can be entered in upper or lower case, and are:
wk, wks, week, weeks: Multiply the value by 168 (the number of hours in a week).
d, day, days: Multiply the value by 24.
h, hr, hrs, deg: Leave the value unchanged. (A time, or an angle in degrees.)
m, min, mins: Divide the value by 60
s, sec: Divide the value by 3600. (See Time and Date for further information on the above suffixes.)
ppm, ppb: (parts per million and parts per billion) which divide the preceding value by a million and a thousand million, respectively.
The suffixes available when the view mode is Engineering cover the range 10-24 to 1024 and are:
- y (yocto) multiply by 10-24.
- z (zepto) multiply by 10-21.
- a (atto) multiply by 10-18.
- f (femto) multiply by 10-15.
- p (pico) multiply by 10-12.
- n (nano) multiply by 10-9.
- µ or u (micro) multiply by 10-6. (To get µ, hold down the 'Alt' key, type 230 on the numeric keypad, and then release the 'Alt' key.)
- m (milli) multiply by 10-3.
- k (kilo) multiply by 103.
- M (mega) multiply by 106.
- G (giga) multiply by 109.
- T (tera) multiply by 1012.
- P (peta) multiply by 1015.
- E (exa) multiply by 1018.
- Z (zeta) multiply by 1021.
- Y (yotta) multiply by 1024.
These 'engineering' suffixes are case-sensitive, in order to be able to distinguish between 'm' and 'M'. Results are shown using these suffixes in place of an exponent value when reasonably possible. The use in computing of 'K' to stand for 1024 is not supported due to the possibility for confusion.