[Foundation-l] 2008/2009 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report

[Thomas Dalton]

2010/1/25 Veronique Kessler <vkessler at wikimedia.org>:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the comment.  The "mm" signifies millions which is the amount
> the timeline is representing, $6 million from 125,000 donors globally.
> If we were to replace it with one "m", that would signify only $6 thousand.
>
> See also: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_abbreviation_of_million

"M" before the abbreviation of a unit means 1,000, but on its own it
is far more commonly used to mean 1,000,000. "m" never means 1,000 -
it means 1/1,000 when used with the abbreviation of a unit, but on its
own it usually means 1,000,000 too.