U-

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

Usage: pref.

Written shorthand for micro-; techspeak when applied to metric units, jargon when used otherwise. Derived from the Greek letter µ the first letter of "micro" (and which letter looks a lot like the English letter "u").

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Sources

Source: u-, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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