And I was intrigued to learn "mole" is (now) a SI base unit. When I were a 
lad I only recall its usage in relation to Chemistry; a mole of atoms or 
molecules for example.
How things change ...

Shaene ...

Jack wrote on 02/12/2008 02:25:27 AM:

> I had never previously seen the term "Shannon", defined to mean 1 mole 
of 
> bits (6.02 x 10^23 bits).

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