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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>nano</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="NANA.html" title="NANA"/><link rel="next" href="nano-.html" title="nano-"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">nano</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="NANA.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nano-.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="nano"/><dt xmlns="" id="nano"><b>nano</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/nan´oh/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [CMU: from <span class="firstterm">nanosecond</span>] A brief
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period of time. “<span class="quote">Be with you in a nano</span>” means you really will
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be free shortly, i.e., implies what mainstream people mean by “<span class="quote">in a
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jiffy</span>” (whereas the hackish use of ‘jiffy’ is quite
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different — see <a href="../J/jiffy.html"><i class="glossterm">jiffy</i></a>).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="NANA.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nano-.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">NANA </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> nano-</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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