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Units
The values in the columns, as well as values of attributes, can be specified in a number of different units. The unit modifies
the scale, or size, of the value. The following table gives the common units:
| modifier | meaning | multiple | mnemonic |
| Y | yotta | 1e24 | Greek or Latin octo, "eight" |
| Z | zetta | 1e21 | Latin septem, "seven" |
| E | exa | 1e18 | Greek hex, "six" |
| P | peta | 1e15 | Greek pente, "five" |
| T | tera | 1e12 | Greek teras, "monster" |
| G | giga | 1e9 | Greek gigas, "giant" |
| M | mega | 1e6 | Greek megas, "large" |
| k | kilo | 1e3 | Greek chilioi, "thousand" |
| h | hecto | 1e2 | Greek hekaton, "hundred" |
| D | deca | 1e1 | Greek deka, "ten" |
| # | just the number (most useful with <label> templates) |
| d | deci | 1e-1 | Latin decimus, "tenth" |
| c | centi | 1e-2 | Latin centum, "hundred" |
| m | milli | 1e-3 | Latin mille, "thousand" |
| u | micro | 1e-6 | Latin micro or Greek mikros, "small" |
| n | nano | 1e-9 | Latin nanus or Greek nanos, "dwarf" |
| p | pico | 1e-12 | Spanish pico, "a bit" |
| f | femto | 1e-15 | Danish-Norwegian femten, "fifteen" |
| a | atto | 1e-18 | Danish-Norwegian atten, "eighteen" |
| z | zepto | 1e-21 | Latin septem, "seven" |
| y | yocto | 1e-24 | Greek or Latin octo, "eight" |
In addition, binary units are also supported, prefaced with 'b':
| modifier | meaning | multiple |
| bY | yottabytes | 1024^8 |
| bZ | zettabytes | 1024^7 |
| bE | exabytes | 1024^6 |
| bP | petabytes | 1024^5 |
| bT | terabytes | 1024^4 |
| bG | gigabytes | 1024^3 |
| bM | megabytes | 1024^2 |
| bk | kilobytes | 1024 |
A small set of date and time units are also supported, prefaced with 'd':
| modifier | meaning |
| dY | year |
| dM | month |
| dO | abbreviated name of month (only in <label> templates) |
| dW | abbreviated day of week (only in <label> templates) |
| dD | day |
| dH | hour |
| dI | minute |
| dS | second |
| dN | now |
(These reflect common unix character names for the date parts [see 'man strftime'].)
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