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From: Isaac_K_Rabinovitch@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" (really: b
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Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 13:29:40 EDT
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According to the Oxford English Dictionary Supplement, the "byte" is simply
and purely an IBM invention.  So it means whatever IBM says it does.