Numbers may be infinite, but our names for them aren't. That's why the metric system just got an update. Several new prefixes have been introduced to describe incredibly large and incredibly small numbers. They're likely to be used in the future to describe computer data – just as terabytes are bigger than megabytes. But the new prefixes, including "ronna" and "quetta," could also be used in other measurements. Learn more at the link in our bio.