Read this: Most capacitors have numbers printed on their bodies to indicate their electrical characteristics. Larger capacitors like electrolytics usually display the actual capacitance together with the unit (for example, 220 μF). Smaller capacitors like ceramics, however, use a shorthand consisting of three numeric digits and a letter, where the digits indicate the capacitance in pF (calculated as XY × 10Z for digits XYZ) and the letter indicates the tolerance (J, K or M for ±5%, ±10% and ±20% respectively).
Now answer this question, if there is an answer (If it cannot be answered, return "unanswerable"): What part of the electrical characteristics of smaller capacitors do the digits of the abbreviated notation represent ?
the digits indicate the capacitance