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Originally Posted by Paul
In accounting terms m = 1000, mm = 1,000,000
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And in Roman Numerals, M = 1000, MM = 2000
However, accounting terms are generally associated with currency. Furthermore, "m" could also be "meters" or "miles." All in all, an ambivalent abbreviation.
I like the commonly used "100k" which hopefully won't get confused with 100
kilometers. And watch out for "100K" which would be 100 degrees
Kelvin <- And that would be a
COLD engine, not an
OLD one.
What a tricky world of grammar we live in!
-I mean, "What a tricky world of grammar
in which we live!"