I am neither Greek nor a scholar, but your explanation is as described in any reference I have found. Now, what is the origin of the prefix "yotta"? How did "octo" get morphed to "yotta"? At least the derivation of "exa" from "hexa" is fairly easy to see.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:20 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: I know it's dumb, but....... > > > 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 >
