Originally Posted by Fernando
a milli second is 1000th of a second
check this for all your prefixes
http://www.simetric.co.uk/siprefix.htm
"Note: A very common mistake is that the prefix milli- stands for a millionth.
WRONG!!
As can be seen from the table above, milli stands for a thousandth. It comes from the French, mille for 1000 - they could not use it for the 1000 prefix as that was bagged by the Greek word, kilo"