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Jorts is a JavaScript library for short-scaling numbers, as in

"1,234 vs. 8,234" -> "1K vs. 8K"

Such abbreviation puts focus on magnitude & comparison rather than accuracy & precision, saves screen ink, and leaves the mouth less full.

Short-scaling is a well known concept (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales.) But when to scale, and to what precision, is domain-specific. This library has opinions about what's best (see the tests.)