[littlestymaar]

> where "kilo" is the prefix for 1000 and "gram" is the metric unit.

Fun fact: the metric unit for mass is … the kilogram, not the gram because f*ck consistency.

[avmich]

No, just because historical :) . There's the system centimeter-gram-second, which is used e.g. for electromagnetic physics, it has its own quirks, at least with "centi"-meter unit name.