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Article #7206Re: Pronunciation of giga
From: BACS Data Communications Group
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 18:34
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 18:34
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In article <29352@netnews.upenn.edu> depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo) writes: >What is the accepted standard pronunciation of the prefix "giga"? Is >it jig'@ or gig'@? Maybe it depends on the rest of the word, e.g., JigaJoule, GigaGauss... (Has anyone ever made a gigagauss? Bet it would be dangerous!) Giga caught on before Hertz. First time I heard the term "jigacycle" I thought of a Harley Hog with garish accessories. :-) :-) -- Frank Reid W9MKV reid@ucs.indiana.edu "Hams do it 'til their Gigahertz."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!daemon From: commgrp@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (BACS Data Communications Group) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Pronunciation of giga Message-ID: <58160@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 12 Sep 90 18:34:42 GMT Sender: daemon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu Lines: 16