In the metric system the prefix milli~ always referes to one-thousandth of the base unit. millilitre = 0.001 litres millimetre = 0.001 metres milligramme = 0.001 grammes But a millipede is not a creature with 0.001 legs! ;-)
kilo means 1000 times milli means 1/1000 times
The prefix Milli means : 1,000.
mulit means many of something and the word is a prefix
account originates from the word "conter" (fr.: to count) the prefix a/ad means "to" (from Latin, through French)
The prefix in giga means 1 billion, so a gigabyte is 1 billion bytes