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Multiples of bytes
Decimal
Value Metric
1000 kB kilobyte
10002 MB megabyte
10003 GB gigabyte
10004 TB terabyte
10005 PB petabyte
10006 EB exabyte
10007 ZB zettabyte
10008 YB yottabyte
Binary
Value JEDEC IEC
1024 KB kilobyte KiB kibibyte
10242 MB megabyte MiB mebibyte
10243 GB gigabyte GiB gibibyte
10244 - - TiB tebibyte
10245 - - PiB pebibyte
10246 - - EiB exbibyte
10247 - - ZiB zebibyte
10248 - - YiB yobibyte

Large Numbers

Number SI Prefix Symbol Description (Short Scale) Description (Long Scale)
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ??? e^27 Octillion Quadrilliard
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 yotta Y Septillion Quadrillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 zetta Z Sextillion Thousand Trillion/Trilliard
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 exa E Quintillion Trillion
1,000,000,000,000,000 peta P Quadrillion Thousand Billion/Billiard
1,000,000,000,000 tera T Trillion Billion
1,000,000,000 giga G Billion Thousand Million/Milliard
1,000,000 mega M Million Million
1,000 kilo k Thousand Thousand
100 hecto h Hundred Hundred
10 deca da Ten Ten>

Small Numbers

Number SI Prefix Symbol Description (Short Scale) Description (Long Scale)
0.1 deci d Tenth Tenth
0.01 centi c Hundredth Hundredth
0.001 milli m Thousandth Thousandth
0.000 001 micro u Millionth Millionth
0.000 000 001 nano n Billionth Thousand Millionth
0.000 000 000 001 pico p Trillionth Billionth
0.000 000 000 000 001 femto f Quadrillionth Thousand Billionth
0.000 000 000 000 000 001 atto a Quitillionth Trillionth
0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001 zepto z Sextillionth Thousand Trillionth
0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 yocto y Septillionth Quadrillionth
Metric prefixes
Prefix Symbol 1000m 10n Decimal English word Since[n 1]
short scale long scale
yotta Y  10008  1024 1000000000000000000000000  septillion  quadrillion 1991
zetta Z  10007  1021 1000000000000000000000  sextillion  thousand trillion 1991
exa E  10006  1018 1000000000000000000  quintillion  trillion 1975
peta P  10005  1015 1000000000000000  quadrillion  thousand billion 1975
tera T  10004  1012 1000000000000  trillion  billion 1960
giga G  10003  109 1000000000  billion  thousand million 1960
mega M  10002  106 1000000             million 1960
kilo k  10001  103 1000             thousand 1795
hecto h  10002/3  102 100             hundred 1795
deca da  10001/3  101 10             ten 1795
 10000  100 1             one
deci d  1000−1/3  10−1 0.1             tenth 1795
centi c  1000−2/3   10−2 0.01             hundredth 1795
milli m  1000−1  10−3 0.001             thousandth 1795
micro µ  1000−2  10−6 0.000001             millionth 1960
nano n  1000−3  10−9 0.000000001  billionth  thousand millionth 1960
pico p  1000−4  10−12 0.000000000001  trillionth  billionth 1960
femto f  1000−5  10−15 0.000000000000001  quadrillionth  thousand billionth 1964
atto a  1000−6  10−18 0.000000000000000001  quintillionth  trillionth 1964
zepto z  1000−7  10−21 0.000000000000000000001  sextillionth  thousand trillionth 1991
yocto y  1000−8  10−24  0.000000000000000000000001  septillionth  quadrillionth  1991
Base -illion
(short scale)
ValueU.S., Canada and modern British
(short scale)
Traditional British
(long scale)
Traditional European (Peletier)
(long scale)
SI
Symbol
SI
Prefix
1106MillionMillionMillionMMega-
2109BillionThousand millionMilliardGGiga-
31012TrillionBillionBillionTTera-
41015QuadrillionThousand billionBilliardPPeta-
51018QuintillionTrillionTrillionEExa-
61021SextillionThousand trillionTrilliardZZetta-
71024SeptillionQuadrillionQuadrillionYYotta-
81027OctillionThousand quadrillionQuadrilliard
91030NonillionQuintillionQuintillion
101033DecillionThousand quintillionQuintilliard
111036UndecillionSextillionSextillion
121039DuodecillionThousand sextillionSextilliard
131042TredecillionSeptillionSeptillion
141045QuattuordecillionThousand septillionSeptilliard
151048QuinquadecillionOctillionOctillion
161051SedecillionThousand octillionOctilliard
171054SeptendecillionNonillionNonillion
181057OctodecillionThousand nonillionNonilliard
191060NovendecillionDecillionDecillion
201063VigintillionThousand decillionDecilliard
211066UnvigintillionUndecillionUndecillion
221069DuovigintillionThousand undecillionUndecilliard
231072TresvigintillionDuodecillionDuodecillion
241075QuattuorvigintillionThousand duodecillionDuodecilliard
251078QuinquavigintillionTredecillionTredecillion
261081SesvigintillionThousand tredecillionTredecilliard
271084SeptemvigintillionQuattuordecillionQuattuordecillion
281087OctovigintillionThousand quattuordecillionQuattuordecilliard
291090NovemvigintillionQuindecillionQuindecillion
301093TrigintillionThousand quindecillionQuindecilliard
311096UntrigintillionSedecillionSedecillion
321099DuotrigintillionThousand sedecillionSedecilliard
3310102TrestrigintillionSeptendecillionSeptendecillion
3410105QuattuortrigintillionThousand septendecillionSeptendecilliard
3510108QuinquatrigintillionOctodecillionOctodecillion
3610111SestrigintillionThousand octodecillionOctodecilliard
3710114SeptentrigintillionNovendecillionNovendecillion
3810117OctotrigintillionThousand novendecillionNovendecilliard
3910120NoventrigintillionVigintillionVigintillion
4010123QuadragintillionThousand vigintillionVigintilliard
5010153QuinquagintillionThousand quinquavigintillionQuinquavigintilliard
6010183SexagintillionThousand trigintillionTrigintilliard
7010213SeptuagintillionThousand quinquatrigintillionQuinquatrigintilliard
8010243OctogintillionThousand quadragintillionQuadragintilliard
9010273NonagintillionThousand quinquaquadragintillionQuinquaquadragintilliard
10010303CentillionThousand quinquagintillionQuinquagintilliard
10110306UncentillionUnquinquagintillionUnquinquagintillion
10210309DuocentillionThousand unquinquagintillionUnquinquagintilliard
10310312TrescentillionDuoquinquagintillionDuoquinquagintillion
11010333DecicentillionThousand quinquaquinquagintillionQuinquaquinquagintilliard
11110336UndecicentillionSesquinquagintillionSesquinquagintillion
12010363ViginticentillionThousand sexagintillionSexagintilliard
12110366UnviginticentillionUnsexagintillionUnsexagintillion
13010393TrigintacentillionThousand quinquasexagintillionQuinquasexagintilliard
14010423QuadragintacentillionThousand septuagintillionSeptuagintilliard
15010453QuinquagintacentillionThousand quinquaseptuagintillionQuinquaseptuagintilliard
16010483SexagintacentillionThousand octogintillionOctogintilliard
17010513SeptuagintacentillionThousand quinquaoctogintillionQuinquaoctogintilliard
18010543OctogintacentillionThousand nonagintillionNonagintilliard
19010573NonagintacentillionThousand quinquanonagintillionQuinquanonagintilliard
20010603DucentillionThousand centillionCentilliard
30010903TrecentillionThousand quinquagintacentillionQuinquagintacentilliard
400101203QuadringentillionThousand ducentillionDucentilliard
500101503QuingentillionThousand quinquagintaducentillionQuinquagintaducentilliard
600101803SescentillionThousand trecentillionTrecentilliard
700102103SeptingentillionThousand quinquagintatrecentillionQuinquagintatrecentilliard
800102403OctingentillionThousand quadringentillionQuadringentilliard
900102703NongentillionThousand quinquagintaquadringentillionQuinquagintaquadringentilliard
1000103003MillinillionThousand quingentillionQuingentilliard

Binary prefixes

The International System of Quantities (ISQ) defines a series of prefixes denoting integer powers of 1024 between 10241 and 10248.
PowerValueISQ
Symbol
ISQ
Prefix
110241KiKibi-
210242MiMebi-
310243GiGibi-
410244TiTebi-
510245PiPebi-
610246EiExbi-
710247ZiZebi-
810248YiYobi-