On Thursday, 10/05/2006 at 02:04 AST, "Parmelee, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don?t mean to impose on all of the ?work related? discussions here, but..... > > I have this hang up about pronunciation. I know, it?s a personal thing...... > > On pg 44 of z/VM CP Planning and Administration SC24-6083-03, there is a term > Ekabytes. > > I would like to know how to pronounce it. Is it Eck as in a short e, or Eeeeak > as with a long E > > People always like to set me straight, and this time I would appreciate it.
I *think* that's a misspelling. The word is "exabytes". Given its origin in the Greek "hexa" (exa is 10^6), the pronounciation should be "eksa", not "eka". But I leave it to the Greek scholars among us to confirm. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
