From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!trb
Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.math
Title: Re: Modulo what?
Article-I.D.: floyd.396
Posted: Wed Jul 28 09:40:28 1982
Received: Mon Aug  2 04:48:11 1982
References: physics.108

It seems that "modulo" was used because "base" didn't scan.
	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491