Re: Macs + Quadras obsolete? was: How fast is the P5 chip?

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From: Brad Crockett
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 15:22

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boyne@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Art Boyne) writes:

> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, blong@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Brandon C Long) writes:
> 
> >   GIPS???
> >   What ever happened to BIPS (Billions of instructions per second)?
> 
> The problem is that "billion" means 1,000 million in the U.S., but
> 1,000,000 million in the U.K.  "Giga" is unambiguous.
> 
> (The word for 1,000 million in the U.K. is "milliard").

I don't believe it.  Any UK residents out there care to confirm
this?

Brad Crockett, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
bcrock@happy.nuts.almanac.bc.ca           :->

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