Oh, I use it that way from time to time. But I like to say "order of bignitude" ...

Dove on Nov 2, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Free” shipping is not actually free

Oh, I use it that way from time to time. But I like to say "order of bignitude" to disambiguate binary. Also occasionally useful is "order of wordnitude" for millions / billions, etc.