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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by mncharity on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @05:01AM (#14602123)
Another definition of 1 oom is anything between sqrt(10) and sqrt(10)*10. Basically 3 to 30. 2 oom, 30 to 300, and so on.

So if the (now edited) original intent was exponential, "more like 10x than 1x (or 100x)", then calling 5x an oom is fine. If the intent was linear, then yes, rounding 5x to 10x is 100 percent error (difference/actual). :)

Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by marvin on Saturday June 24, 2017 @01:02PM (#14626328)
Huh, interesting. Wasn't aware of that :)