Capitalization: Prefixes for multiples generally use uppercase symbols (except k, h, da); submultiples use lowercase; Usage: Applied to all SI units (meters, grams, seconds, etc.) and commonly used in ...

IEEE 1541-2002 (adopted in 2005 and reaffirmed in 2008) defines that standard metric prefixes should not be used when referring to base 2 numbers, typical in computing. Metric uses base ten for ...