Eli5: what is “E”? I find it used in numbers that are mind bogglingly large, but I don’t know what it really means.
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In that context, it sounds like cases like 6.023e23, in which case, the e is shorthand for `x10^`. So 1e3=1000, 1e6=1000000, etc. This simplifies displays on computers and calculators, especially if they cannot show numbers in smaller fonts.
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