reputation

Question

ok, when you go and see different people's pages on this site, why is it that some of them have a "k" next to their reputation points?

Answer 1

Hi Sarahis The k represents the number 1000. If you look at my profile page you will see 33k. Click on this and the true figure will be revealed, 33331. The 33k is taken to the nearest thousand. When I reach 33501 it will change to 34k.

Answer 2

From Wikipedia -

The SI prefix for a thousand is kilo-, officially abbreviated as k — for instance prefixed to metre or its abbreviation m, kilometre or km signifies a thousand metres ; as such technically oriented people occasionally represent the number in a non-standard notation by replacing the last three zeroes of the general numeral with "k", for instance 30 k for 30,000