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by usaphp 3851 days ago
Actually the International System of Units (SI), the modern form of the metric system, is preferred for many uses by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

[1] - http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/index.cfm

[2] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_unit...