Yotta (24 zeroes) was the largest prefix in the metric system before the new additions. Now, the Earth's mass can be said to be about 6 ronnagrams rather than 6,000 yottagrams.

The metric system's governing body has added some new terms to help describe massive amounts of data. The General Conference on Weights and Measures last week added the prefixes "ronna" and ...

This is the first time that new prefixes have been added to the metric system since the addition of zetta (10˄21), zepto (10˄minus21), yotta (10˄24) and yocto (10˄minus24), which were all ...

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 ...

While there are few things that can’t adequately be described in terms of the existing prefixes, it’s kind of nice to have single units for some familiar scales.

It marks the first time in more than three decades that new prefixes have been added to the International System of Units (SI), the agreed global standard for the metric system.

Now, Earth Weighs 6 'Ronnagrams' After New Metric Prefixes Voted In It marks the first time in more than three decades that new prefixes have been added to the International System of Units (SI ...

However metric prefixes need to be shortened to just their first letter -- and B and H were already taken, ruling out bronto and hella. "The only letters that were not used for other units or ...