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Re: OT: Rant about degres Celsius (was: introduction)

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 4, 2001, 14:23
En réponse à D Tse <exponent@...>:

> << > > Back to bytes, I've noticed that French labeling on disks of various > types > sold in the US uses the abbreviations <Ko>, <Mo>, etc. for kilobytes. > megabytes, etc. Anyone know what the <o> is? > > -- > Eric Christopherson, a.k.a. Contrarian Conlanger Rakko ^_^ > >> > > Octet (ie eight).
More exactly: "group of eight". I've seen Christophe use it occasionally here as
> well... >
Sorry! It's difficult to get past the old ways :))) . I learned what an octet was much before I began learning English, and the symbol tends to stay even when you know the word :))) . Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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