Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!necntc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ulysses!dgk From: dgk@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (David Korn[eww]) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" (really: byte != 8 bits) Message-ID: <2737@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 13:48:13 EDT Article-I.D.: ulysses.2737 Posted: Fri Jul 17 13:48:13 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 15:07:27 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <2792@phri.UUCP> <207@vianet.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 10 Summary: other names for collection of bits Xref: mnetor comp.unix.wizards:3286 comp.arch:1620 I believe that in the mid-seventies the CDC-STAR used the term sword (super-word) to refer to a 512-bit quantum. At the time I remember that a 1024 bit word was going to be called a pen for obvious reasons. I have not heard these terms used since. Maybe Multi-flow was words form them as well. David Korn {ihnp4|allegra}ulysses!dgk