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• Centimetre–gram–second system of units (category Centimetre–gram–second system of units) (section Definition of CGS units in mechanics)
  including Gaussian units, "ESU", "EMU", and Heaviside–Lorentz units. Among these choices, Gaussian units are the most common today, and "CGS units" is often intended
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• Kelvin (redirect from Kelvin (unit)) (category SI base units) (section Derived units and SI multiples)
  base units such that the triple point of water is 273.16±0.0001 K. The kelvin is the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI)
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• Degree (angle) (category Units of plane angle) (section Alternative units)
  degrees. It is not an SI unit—the SI unit of angular measure is the radian—but it is mentioned in the SI brochure as an accepted unit. Because a full rotation
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• Year (category Units of time)
  Russ Rowlett. "Units: A". How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement. University of North Carolina. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html. Retrieved
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• Watt (category SI derived units) (section Origin and adoption as an SI unit)
  ) The watt was defined as equal to 107 units of power in the practical system of units. The "international units" were dominant from 1909 until 1948. After
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• Micrometre
  britannica.com/science/International-System-of-Units. Retrieved 18 May 2014.  "Writing with SI (Metric System) Units". Nist. 13 January 2010. https://www.nist
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• Hertz (redirect from Terahertz (unit)) (category SI derived units)
  The dimension of the unit hertz is 1/time (1/T). Expressed in base SI units it is 1/second (1/s). Problems can arise because the units of angular measure
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• Kilometre (section Equivalence to other units of length)
  catalogued—one-kilometre events remain a minority. Conversion of units, for comparison with other units of length Cubic metre Metric prefix Mileage Odometer Orders
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• Tonne (category Non-SI metric units) (section Derived units)
  tonne units (originally designating one tonne of ore containing 1% of WO3, today used to measure WO3 quantities in 10 kg units. One metric tonne unit (mtu)
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• Day (category Units of time) (section In the International System of Units)
  being: Main page: International System of Units In the International System of Units (SI), a day not an official unit, but is accepted for use with SI. A day
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• Second (category Centimetre–gram–second system of units) (section Events and units of time in seconds)
  displacement such as jerk. Though many derivative units for everyday things are reported in terms of larger units of time, not seconds, they are ultimately defined
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• Horsepower (category Imperial units)
  is because 1 hp = 375 lbf⋅mph. If other units are used, the constant is different. When using coherent SI units (watts, newtons, and metres per second)
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• Megabyte (category Units of information)
  "Definitions of the SI units: The binary prefixes". National Institute of Standards and Technology. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html.  SanDisk
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• Volt (category SI derived units)
  ampere until the entire set of "reproducible units" was abandoned in 1948. A redefinition of SI base units, including defining the value of the elementary
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• Pascal (unit) (category SI derived units) (section Standard units)
  in 1971. The pascal can be expressed using SI derived units, or alternatively solely SI base units, as: [math]\displaystyle{ {\rm 1~Pa = 1~\frac{N}{m^2}
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• Newton (unit) (category Units of force)
  system of units. The newton thus became the standard unit of force in the Système international d'unités (SI), or International System of Units. The newton
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• Metre per second (category Units of velocity)
  second squared Metre "Definitions of the SI base units". 29 May 2019. https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/current.html.  "SI brochure, Section 5.1". https://www
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• Gigabyte (category Units of information)
  giga means 109 in the International System of Units (SI). Therefore, one gigabyte is one billion bytes. The unit symbol for the gigabyte is GB. This definition
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• File size (section Units of information)
  consumes. Typically, file size is expressed in units of measurement based on the byte. By convention, file size units use either a metric prefix (as in megabyte
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• Bit (category Units of information) (section Other information units)
  64 bits. The International System of Units defines a series of decimal prefixes for multiples of standardized units which are commonly also used with the
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• Kilogram (category SI base units)
  description: Metric unit of mass The kilogram (also kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg. It
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• International System of Units (category International System of Units) (section SI base units)
  base units and the derived units formed as the product of powers of the base units with a numerical factor of one for a coherent system of units. Every
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• Long ton (category Units of mass) (section Unit definition)
  Act 1985 Retrieved 17 January 2013. A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units, edited by Donald Fenna, Oxford University Press "Weights and Measures Act
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• Hour (category Units of time)
  html  "Non-SI Units Accepted for Use with the SI, and Units Based on Fundamental Constants (contd.)", The International System of Units (SI), 8th ed.,
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• Nautical mile (category Units of measurement in navigation) (section Unit symbol)
  to roughly determine the location. Nautical measured mile Conversion of units Orders of magnitude (length) Alternative meanings of the abbreviation "nm"
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• Gram (category Units of mass)
  described."  "System of Measurement Units - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". http://ethw.org/System_of_Measurement_Units.  "Circulating Coin Designs"
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• Joule (category SI derived units)
  "Physical Units". Feynman's Lectures on Physics. http://www.numericana.com/answer/feynman.htm.  "Units with special names and symbols; units that incorporate
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• Minute and second of arc (category Units of plane angle)
  description: Units for measuring angles A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc, denoted by the symbol ′, is a unit of angular measurement
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• Byte (category Units of information) (section Multiple-byte units)
  exists to define unit multiples based on the byte. Some systems are based on powers of 10, following the International System of Units (SI), which defines
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• Nanometre (category Units of length)
  with the parent unit name metre (from Greek μέτρον, metrοn, "unit of measurement"). When used as a prefix for something other than a unit of measure (as
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• Ampere (category SI base units) (section Units derived from the ampere)
  the watt (J/s) to the joule. The international system of units (SI) is based on seven SI base units the second, metre, kilogram, kelvin, ampere, mole, and
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• Graphics processing unit (category Graphics processing units) (section Dedicated graphics processing unit)
  List of AMD graphics processing units List of Nvidia graphics processing units List of Intel graphics processing units Intel GMA Larrabee Nvidia PureVideo
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• Kilobyte (category Units of information)
  standards § Unit prefixes for semiconductor storage capacity Units of information § Size examples International Standard IEC 80000-13 Quantities and Units – Part
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• Microgram (category SI derived units)
  centimetre–gram–second system of units unit of measure known as millicentigram, which is equal to 10 μg. Gamma (symbol: γ) is a deprecated non-SI unit of mass equal to
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• Inch (category Customary units of measurement in the United States) (section Related units)
  inches (about 25.44 mm). English units Square inch, Cubic inch, and Metric inch International yard and pound Anthropic units Pyramid inch Digit and Line A
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• Radian (redirect from Unit angle) (category Natural units) (section Unit symbol)
  Steven. "Boost.Units FAQ – 1.79.0". https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_79_0/doc/html/boost_units/FAQ.html#boost_units.FAQ.Angle_Are_Units. "Angles are treated
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• Hardware acceleration (category Central processing unit) (section Hardware execution units)
  available processor functional units and instruction level parallelism between different hardware threads. Hardware execution units do not in general rely on
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• Litre (category Non-SI metric units)
  The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty: International System of Units (SI) (web site): Note on SI units. Retrieved 2008-08-24. Recommending
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• Metric system (category International System of Units) (section Definitions of the metric system units)
  the International System of Units (Système international d'unités or SI), in which all units can be expressed in terms of seven base units. The units that serve as the SI
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• Hectare (category Units of area) (section Unit family)
  redefined or clarified existing measures in terms of metric units. The following legacy units of area have been redefined as being equal to one hectare:
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• Tesla (unit) (category SI derived units) (section Conversion to non-SI units)
  neutron stars "Details of SI units". sizes.com. 2011-07-01. http://www.sizes.com/units/SI.htm.  The International System of Units (SI), 8th edition, BIPM,
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• Pound (mass) (category Customary units of measurement in the United States) (section Conversion between units)
  IEEE Standard Letter Symbols for Units of Measurement (SI Units, Customary Inch-Pound Units, and Certain Other Units) Fletcher, Leroy S.; Shoup, Terry
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• Ampere hour (category Units of electrical charge)
  Taylor, Barry N. (2008). Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI). NIST Special Publication 811 (2nd ed.). Gaithersburg: National Institute
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• Celsius (category SI derived units)
  February 2007.  "SI Units – Temperature". NIST Office of Weights and Measures. 2010. https://www.nist.gov/pml/weights-and-measures/si-units-temperature.  Elert
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• Metre (category SI base units) (section Equivalents in other units)
  http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/meter.html.  International Bureau of Weights and Measures (20 May 2019), The International System of Units (SI) (9th ed.), IS
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• Mile (category Customary units of measurement in the United States) (section Related units)
  with respect to SI units as exactly 1,609.344 metres. With qualifiers, mile is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly
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• Ohm (category SI derived units) (section Historical units of resistance)
  bases for a standard, so units were not readily interchangeable. Electrical units so defined were not a coherent system with the units for energy, mass, length
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• Bar (unit) (category Units of pressure)
  Astronomical Union (IAU) also lists it under "Non-SI units and symbols whose continued use is deprecated". Units derived from the bar include the megabar (symbol:
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• ISO 1000
  International standard ISO 1000 (SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units, International Organization for Standardization
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• Area (section Units)
  millimetres. In non-metric units, the conversion between two square units is the square of the conversion between the corresponding length units. 1 foot = 12 inches
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