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nano-
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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pref. [SI: the next quantifier below micro- ; meaning 10 -9 ] Smaller than
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micro- , and used in the same rather loose and connotative way. Thus, one
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has nanotechnology (coined by hacker K. Eric Drexler) by analogy with
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microtechnology ; and a few machine architectures have a nanocode level
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below microcode. Tom Duff at Bell Labs has also pointed out that Pi seconds
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is a nanocentury. See also quantifiers , pico- , nanoacre , nanobot ,
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nanocomputer , nanofortnight.
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