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>>165054 a typical way to mark a 100n cap would be 104K, not 1K4

Its not seen much anymore but values are still written like that sometimes. Its a notation engineers developed to save time. 2.2K resistors are 2K2, and 100nf caps with a 0.1% accuracy are 1B5. I've found a diagram for you that uses both notations interchangeably. Letters do not indicate value. They are accuracy. There is a system for reading capacitors and that's how it works.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+read+capacitor+codes