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