Re: e0b7defdeeb6 - main - orders.7: Sync with NetBSD after CGPM

From: Ravi Pokala <rpokala_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:35:33 UTC
Am I the only one mildly annoyed that {Quadr,Quint,Sext,Sept,Oct,Non}illion are off-by-one?
You'd think _Quad_rillion would be 10^(3*_4_), _Quint_illion would be 10^(3*_5_), etc, but they're actually 10^(3*_5_) and 10^(3*_6_), respectively.

Stupid standards... ;-)

-Ravi (rpokala@)

-----Original Message-----
From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
Date: 2022-11-20, Sunday at 10:25
To: <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, <dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: git: e0b7defdeeb6 - main - orders.7: Sync with NetBSD after CGPM

    The branch main has been updated by gbe (doc committer):

    URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e0b7defdeeb6bd7915bc17907a62da5659851bdc

    commit e0b7defdeeb6bd7915bc17907a62da5659851bdc
    Author:     Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
    AuthorDate: 2022-11-20 18:24:57 +0000
    Commit:     Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
    CommitDate: 2022-11-20 18:24:57 +0000

        orders.7: Sync with NetBSD after CGPM

        Extend orders(7) with prefixes from Resolution 3 of
        the 27th meeting of CGPM.

        Obtained from:  NetBSD
        MFC ater:       1 week
    ---
     share/man/man7/orders.7 | 10 ++++++++--
     1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

    diff --git a/share/man/man7/orders.7 b/share/man/man7/orders.7
    index e8aa4d79f9f2..dca012a0a2cf 100644
    --- a/share/man/man7/orders.7
    +++ b/share/man/man7/orders.7
    @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     .\"
     .\" $FreeBSD$
     .\"
    -.Dd August 6, 2011
    +.Dd November 20, 2022
     .Dt ORDERS 7
     .Os
     .Sh NAME
    @@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ The following table lists common multiples of bytes.
     .It Exabyte Ta EB Ta 2^60 Ta 10^18
     .It Zettabyte Ta ZB Ta 2^70 Ta 10^21
     .It Yottabyte Ta YB Ta 2^80 Ta 10^24
    -.El
    +.It Ronnabyte Ta RB Ta 2^90 Ta 10^27
    +.It Quettabyte Ta QB Ta 2^100 Ta 10^30.
    +El
     .Pp
     The following table lists common bit rates as a power of ten.
     .Bl -column -offset 2n \
    @@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ The following table lists common orders of magnitude as a power of ten.
     .Bl -column -offset 2n \
     "Septillionth" "Order" "Prefix" "Symbol" "Decimal"
     .It Sy Name Ta Sy Order Ta Sy Prefix Ta Sy Symbol Ta Sy Decimal
    +.It Nonillionth Ta 10^-30 Ta quecto Ta q Ta 0.000000000000000000000000000001
    +.It Octillionth Ta 10^-27 Ta ronto Ta r Ta 0.000000000000000000000000001
     .It Septillionth Ta 10^-24 Ta yocto Ta y Ta 0.000000000000000000000001
     .It Sextillionth Ta 10^-21 Ta zepto Ta z Ta 0.000000000000000000001
     .It Quintillionth Ta 10^-18 Ta atto Ta a Ta 0.000000000000000001
    @@ -91,6 +95,8 @@ The following table lists common orders of magnitude as a power of ten.
     .It Quintillion Ta 10^18 Ta exa Ta E Ta 1000000000000000000
     .It Sextillion Ta 10^21 Ta zetta Ta Z Ta 1000000000000000000000
     .It Septillion Ta 10^24 Ta yotta Ta Y Ta 1000000000000000000000000
    +.It Octillion Ta 10^27 Ta ronna Ta R Ta 1000000000000000000000000000
    +.It Nonillion Ta 10^30 Ta quetta Ta Q Ta 1000000000000000000000000000000
     .El
     .Sh SEE ALSO
     .Xr units 1 ,