Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!amdcad!sun!imagen!atari!portal!cup.portal.com!Isaac_K_Rabinovitch From: Isaac_K_Rabinovitch@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" (really: b Message-ID: <528@cup.portal.com> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 13:29:40 EDT Article-I.D.: cup.528 Posted: Mon Jul 20 13:29:40 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 01:34:05 EDT References: <2792@phri.UUCP> <142700011@tiger.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 2 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.1472 According to the Oxford English Dictionary Supplement, the "byte" is simply and purely an IBM invention. So it means whatever IBM says it does.