Exa-

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Exa is a decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting 10¹⁸ or 1000000000000000000. It was added as an SI prefix to the International System of Units (SI) in 1975,^[1] and has the unit symbol E.

Exa comes from the Ancient Greek ἕξ, used as a prefix ἑξά-, meaning six (like hexa-), because it is equal to 1000⁶.

Examples:

The total storage needed by Google Mail as of April 2012, ignoring backups and compression, is more than an exabyte (10,240 megabytes of storage per user multiplied by an estimated 260 million users).
1 EeV = 10¹⁸ electronvolts = 0.1602 joule
1 exasecond is approximately 32 billion years
1 exametre is approximately 110 light years
0.43 Es ≈ the approximate age of the Universe
1.6 Em—172 ± 12.5 light years—Diameter of Omega Centauri (one of the largest known globular clusters, perhaps containing over a million stars)^[2]^[3]

Prefix		1000^m	10ⁿ	Decimal	English word		Adoption^{[nb 1]}
Name	Symbol	1000^m	10ⁿ	Decimal	Short scale	Long scale	Adoption^{[nb 1]}
yotta	Y	1000⁸	10²⁴	1000000000000000000000000	septillion	quadrillion	1991
zetta	Z	1000⁷	10²¹	1000000000000000000000	sextillion	thousand trillion or trilliard	1991
exa	E	1000⁶	10¹⁸	1000000000000000000	quintillion	trillion	1975
peta	P	1000⁵	10¹⁵	1000000000000000	quadrillion	thousand billion or billiard	1975
tera	T	1000⁴	10¹²	1000000000000	trillion	billion	1960
giga	G	1000³	10⁹	1000000000	billion	thousand million or milliard	1960
mega	M	1000²	10⁶	1000000	million		1960 (1873)
kilo	k	1000¹	10³	1000	thousand		1960 (1795)
hecto	h	1000^2/3	10²	100	hundred		1960 (1795)
deca	da	1000^1/3	10¹	10	ten		1960 (1795)
		1000⁰	10⁰	1	one		–
deci	d	1000^−1/3	10⁻¹	0.1	tenth		1960 (1795)
centi	c	1000^−2/3	10⁻²	0.01	hundredth		1960 (1795)
milli	m	1000⁻¹	10⁻³	0.001	thousandth		1960 (1795)
micro	μ	1000⁻²	10⁻⁶	0.000001	millionth		1960 (1873)
nano	n	1000⁻³	10⁻⁹	0.000000001	billionth	thousand millionth	1960
pico	p	1000⁻⁴	10⁻¹²	0.000000000001	trillionth	billionth	1960
femto	f	1000⁻⁵	10⁻¹⁵	0.000000000000001	quadrillionth	thousand billionth	1964
atto	a	1000⁻⁶	10⁻¹⁸	0.000000000000000001	quintillionth	trillionth	1964
zepto	z	1000⁻⁷	10⁻²¹	0.000000000000000000001	sextillionth	thousand trillionth	1991
yocto	y	1000⁻⁸	10⁻²⁴	0.000000000000000000000001	septillionth	quadrillionth	1991

↑ The metric system was introduced in 1795 with several metric prefixes, of which, however, only six were adopted as SI prefixes by the 11th CGPM conference in 1960, whereas myria (10⁴) as well as double and demi were not adopted. In 1873, micro and mega were recommended by the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The other dates relate to recognition by a resolution of the CGPM.

References

↑ "Resolution 10 of the 15th meeting of the CGPM (1975)". International Bureau of Weights and Measures. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
↑ distance × sin( diameter_angle ), using distance of 5 kpc (15.8 ± 1.1 kly) and angle 36.3', = 172 ± 12.5 ly.
↑ van de Ven, G.; van den Bosch, R. C. E.; Verolme, E. K.; de Zeeuw, P. T. (January II 2006). "The dynamical distance and intrinsic structure of the globular cluster ω Centauri". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 445 (2): 513–543. arXiv:astro-ph/0509228. Bibcode:2006A&A...445..513V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053061. best-fit dynamical distance D=4.8±0.3 kpc ... consistent with the canonical value 5.0±0.2 kpc obtained by photometric methods Check date values in: |date= (help)

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