Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!orstcs!ruffwork From: ruffwork@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU (Ritchey Ruff) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Simple query (prefixing) Message-ID: <1486@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 12 Dec 87 15:28:17 GMT References: <3633@ames.arpa> <3875@ptsfa.UUCP> Reply-To: ruffwork@CS.ORST.EDU (Ritchey Ruff) Organization: Oregon State University - CS - Corvallis, Oregon Lines: 7 Actuall, instead of "exa" for a prefix for 10^18 I've always thought it should be "saga" (because 10^18 is two 10^9's; and 10^9 is a billion, so 10^18 is billions of billions ;-);-);-). --ritchey ruffwork%oregon-state@relay.cs.net -or- ruffwork@CS.ORST.EDU -or- { hp-pcd | tektronix }!orstcs!ruffwork