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Old 05-03-2006, 09:06 AM
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u is the 'transliteration' of the Greek letter "mu", which is the abbreviation for 'micro'. "m" for reasons I never understood, was sometimes used to sub for "mu" to indicate micro, even though it is the abbreviation for "milli" (i.e., 10^-3).

F is Farad, so, yes, uF is microfarad.

uuF, or mmF, of course, is micro-microfarad, or picofarad (pF); pico = 10^-12. "micro-mikes", in the olden days...
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