Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!doghouse!snoopy From: seifert@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch Subject: Re: Size of SysV "block" (really: byte != 8 bits) Message-ID: <8889@tekecs.TEK.COM> Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 20:04:09 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.8889 Posted: Tue Jul 21 20:04:09 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 01:29:57 EDT References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> Sender: nobody@tekecs.TEK.COM Reply-To: snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy) Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 13 Xref: mnetor comp.unix.wizards:3346 comp.arch:1654 In article <9815@bu-cs.BU.EDU> bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes: >1024 should be called a Kbit, there's just no choice, sorry, not funny. The plural of kbit is of course kibitz, as in "How much netnews came in last night?" "Lots of kibitz." :-) Snoopy tektronix!doghouse.gwd!snoopy snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com "And it's a middle-endian machine with trinary logic." "They would do that!"