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"Micro" is a metric system prefix that means one millionth of something, represented by the Greek letter μ. It matters because it allows scientists and engineers to conveniently express and work with very small measurements, from micrometers in biology to microseconds in computing.
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Micro es un prefijo del Sistema Internacional que indica un factor de 10-6. Siempre se representa con el signo específico µ (carácter Unicode 00B5), o, si la tipografía en uso no dispone de él, con la letra griega μ (mi), que proviene de la palabra griega μικρός (mikrós) y que significa «pequeño».
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