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From: chekmate@athena.mit.edu (Adam Kao)
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Subject: IBM's new data standard
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Date: 7 Mar 88 02:57:59 GMT
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I have heard from my friend at San Jose Almaden that IBM is working on
a new data standard that can express any existing data object in a
form that can be communicated across their entire line, from PC's to
mainframes.

It's called the Bit.