Of course in light of unit standards that have been in effect since
1998, the correct terminology would be to refer to the unit's position
of the high-order word of the TOD as corresponding to a
"mebimicrosecond" to correctly convey the [still repugnant] mix of
binary and decimal multipliers. If there is a current IBM publication
that still refers to this as "megamicrosecond", they are only 15 years
behind the times.
Joel C Ewing
On 03/15/2013 12:17 PM, Kirk Talman wrote:
deja vu all over agian
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg86982.html
IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on
03/15/2013 11:33:44 AM:
From: Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]>
On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:25:16 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote:
Any background info about this magic number 1.048576?
In an IBM Redbook, IIRC, this coeffecient was once called,
repugnantly, a megamicroseond. This could be justified,
again repugnantly, by terminology in IBM glossaries.
-- gil
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Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR [email protected]
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