Re: I know it's dumb, but.......

[Schuh, Richard]

In other references, I think that it is "deprecated" instead of "depreciated". To disapprove is somewhat different than to reduce in value or esteem. In regard to Phil's reference to SI, I think they carefully specify that their definitions apply only to the powers of 10. They have pushed the idea of inserting a "BI" in the prefix for the binary prefixes. That makes it a real bummer to try to pronounce something like gibigabyte, which is one of the easier ones. I have a difficult enough time with English, let alone the munged Greek prefixes :-)

 

Regards,
Richard Schuh

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I cannot take credit for this information.  It was appended by Gerard.  Here is his append:

 

preceeded/followed by (not all of which are recognized by some
countries and some have been depreciated):

   deka or deca     D or Dk     10** 1
   hecto            H           10** 2
   kilo             K           10** 3
   myria            My          10** 4
   mega             M           10** 6
   giga             G           10** 9
   tera             T           10**12
   peta             P           10**15
   exa              E           10**18
   zetta            Z           10**21
   yotta            Y           10**24
   xenta            X           10**27
   wekta            W           10**30
   vendeka          V           10**33
   ukekta           U           10**36
_______________________________________________________Gerard S.

I have searched the rest of the z/VM libray for 'eka' and find no occurrences of it except in the CP Plan and Admin book.  I also searched the code library and found three occurrences.  I have notified the module owners of these parts, but it is relatively low on their list of things to do right now.

 

Doug Breneman z/VM Development  Endicott, NY

 

Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:14 PM
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Whence "ukekta"? Google finds lots of references to other prefixes, but only the one you mentioned for ukekta.

regards,
Richard Schuh

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I can confirm that eka is a typo in the Planning and Admin book and should be exa. The VM Information Team will be notified, and this book will be corrected. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

In addtion, on February 23, 2005, Gerard Schildberger added an append that lists some prefixes from deca 10**1 to ukekta 10**36. BTW, Gerard spelled exa correctly.

Doug Breneman IBM Development Endicott, New York

Thursday, October 05, 2006 2:51 PM
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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:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU]On
> 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
>