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nano

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  nano  /nan'oh/  n.  [CMU:  from  `nanosecond']  A  brief  period  of 
  time.  "Be  with  you  in  a  nano"  means  you  really  will  be  free  shortly, 
  i.e.,  implies  what  mainstream  people  mean  by  "in  a  jiffy"  (whereas  the 
  hackish  use  of  `jiffy'  is  quite  different  --  see  {jiffy}). 
 
 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  nano-  pref.  [SI:  the  next  quantifier  below  {micro-};  meaning  * 
  10^(-9)]  Smaller  than  {micro-},  and  used  in  the  same  rather  loose  and 
  connotative  way  Thus  one  has  {{nanotechnology}}  (coined  by  hacker 
  K.  Eric  Drexler)  by  analogy  with  `microtechnology';  and  a  few  machine 
  architectures  have  a  `nanocode'  level  below  `microcode'.  Tom  Duff 
  at  Bell  Labs  has  also  pointed  out  that  "Pi  seconds  is  a  nanocentury". 
  See  also  {{quantifiers}},  {pico-},  {nanoacre},  {nanobot},  {nanocomputer}, 
  {nanofortnight}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  nano- 
 
  /nan'oh/  1.    A  {prefix}. 
 
  2.  Used  losely  to  mean  "small",  e.g.  {nanotechnology}. 
 
  3.    (CMU,  from  "nanosecond")  A  brief  period  of  time. 
  "Be  with  you  in  a  nano"  means  you  really  will  be  free  shortly, 
  i.e.  implies  what  mainstream  people  mean  by  "in  a  jiffy". 
 
  Compare  {jiffy}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1995-09-20)




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