From: Matt Jensen (mattj@newsblip.com)
Date: Wed Oct 18 2000 - 16:32:06 PDT
Close, according to http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictM.html ...
"MM
an abbreviation for one million, seen in a few traditional units such as
the following entry. The abbreviation is meant to indicate one thousand
thousand, M being the Roman numeral 1000. However, MM actually means 2000,
not one million, in Roman numeration. "
I was sort of hoping it stood for "a million million", the British name
for a billion, in which case my comment would have been made more wry and
understated :-)
-Matt
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Joseph S. Barrera III wrote:
> > Alright. I absoloutely admit that I'm an ignorant dork. Bitless and
> > clueless. But really what the hell is MM? I've seen M, and when I
> > first saw this, I'm thinking a typo? Is this just another extension
> > of Million or something or am I really doing too many drugs?
>
> I always thought that
>
> M = 1000
> MM = 2000
> MMM = 3000
>
> et cetera
>
> - Ioe
>
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