Quantity [glossary]deterministic

A whole-number representation of small or large numbers using [SI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units) suffixes.

Quantities are representations of small or large numbers using a compact, whole-number notation with SI suffixes. Fractional numbers are represented using milli units, while large numbers can be represented using kilo, mega, or giga units.

For instance, the number `1.5` is represented as `1500m`, while the number `1000` can be represented as `1k`, and `1000000` as `1M`. You can also specify [binary-notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix) suffixes; the number 2048 can be written as `2Ki`.

The accepted decimal (power-of-10) units are `m` (milli), `k` (kilo, intentionally lowercase), `M` (mega), `G` (giga), `T` (tera), `P` (peta), `E` (exa).

The accepted binary (power-of-2) units are `Ki` (kibi), `Mi` (mebi), `Gi` (gibi), `Ti` (tebi), `Pi` (pebi), `Ei` (exbi).