Ted MacNEIL wrote:
kiloMIPS ?
GIPS !
I've heard BIPS, up here in Canada, ever since the Royal Bank of Canada
went over a thousand MIPS, about 12 years ago.
Which makes sense, since M stands for 'MILLIONS' rather than 'MEGA'.
So, 'BILLIONS' rather than 'GIGA'.
Only on your side of Atlantic puddle.
Here, in Europe we use miliards. Bilion is number of bytes in terabyte.
BTW: I think it is good problem for another never-ending discussion <vbg>
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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