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From: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: Translating 64-bit addresses
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Date: 9 Mar 91 13:39:50 GMT
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In article <32580002@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com> linley@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Linley Gwennap) writes:
>(Jeff Lee)
>16777216 terabyte (64-bit) address space.  [What comes after tera-?]

>"Peta".  A 64-bit address space contains 16,384 petabytes.  So what
>comes after peta-?

exa-. A 64-bit address space contains 16 exabytes...no, not 16 8mm
tape drives!

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