Today most people have access to smart phones and internet. You must have often seen on the internet that people use the word K for thousand and M for one million. Do you also use K to represent thousand? Today we will tell you where the word K is used the most.
Use of K and M
In this era of internet, the most used words on YouTube are K and M. In fact, YouTube users are using K instead of thousand and M instead of 10 lakh to show their subscribers. While doing this, they are not using zero. Instead of writing 1000, they use 1K, instead of 10000, they use 10K and instead of 10 lakh, they use 1M. Due to the increasing use of K and M on social media, the use of zero has reduced drastically.
Is it correct to use K and M everywhere
Let us tell you that you can use K and M instead of thousand and lakh only in non-government works including social media. But whenever we write any amount in any important document, paperwork, we use only two methods for it. The first method is to use numbers and the second method is to use words. You cannot use any words like K and M in any important educational, government and paperwork work. Only numbers or words can always be used in paperwork. However, there is no restriction on the use of these words on social media. Most people use such words on the Internet.
Where did this word come from
Many western countries were greatly influenced by Greek and Roman culture. According to information, the use of the letter ‘K’ for thousand also comes from Roman culture. ‘Chilioi’ in Greek means thousand. This word has come from there. Apart from this, the word K has been used for thousand in the Bible as well. The French people shortened the Greek word Chilioi to kilo. After that, kilometer, kilogram etc. have been estimated. There is 1000 grams in a kilogram, so the sign of thousand has become K. Apart from this, the letter ‘M’ is used for million, ‘B’ for billion, ‘T’ for trillion.
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