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From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
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Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" (really: byte != 8 bits)
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Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 19:33:35 EDT
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>Has anyone seen a good name used for three 8-bit bytes? I've been using
>"tri-byte", but could see it being shortened to "trite" or "tryte."
>
>Craig Hansen

Perhaps in honor of IBM's using this quantity for the address space of
their 360/370 architecture (yeah, I know about XA, I know about
seperate I&D also) we should call it a:

		blu-et

with the 'e' pronounced as close to the 'i' in bit as possible.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University