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Megapenny /meg'*-pen`ee/ N. $10,000 (1 Cent * 10^6).
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megapenny /meg'*-pen`ee/ n.
$10,000 (1 cent *
10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer
cost and performance figures.
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megapenny: /meg'*-pen`ee/ n. $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6).
Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures....
Remember, to a computer 1 + 1 = 10.
anofortnight n. [Adelaide University] 1 fortnight * 10^(-9), or about 1.
2 msec. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals....
anofortnight: [Adelaide University] n. 1 fortnight * 10^-9, or about 1.
2 msec. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals....
Cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, dollar.
quantifiers In techspeak and jargon, the standard metric prefixes used in the SI (Systè
me International) conventions for scientific measurement have dual uses....
1 Billion dollars of budget deficit = 1 Gramm-Rudman 6.
023 x 10 to the 23rd power alligator pears = Avocado's number 2 pints = 1 Cavort Basic unit of Laryngitis = The Hoarsepower Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line 6 Curses = 1 Hexahex 3500 Calories = 1 Food Pound 1 Mole = 007 Secret Agents 1 Mole = 25 Cagey Bees 1 Dog Pound = 16 oz....
attoparsec n. About an inch. `atto-' is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^(-18).
A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-yea...
attoparsec: n. About an inch. `atto-' is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^(-18).
A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-yea...