stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) (05/01/84)
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nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) (05/02/84)
<AND it is pronounced Guy - guh - byte, *not* Gig - a - byte.> -- Ed Nather ihnp4!{ut-sally,kpno}!utastro!nather Astronomy Dept., U. of Texas, Austin
seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert) (05/03/84)
>> <AND it is pronounced Guy - guh - byte, *not* Gig - a - byte.> no! no! no! It *has* to be pronounced "gig - a - byte" so that it's consistant with the name for a certain high-frequency sine wave, the gig - a - wig - gle (do I really need a :-) here? ) -- _____ /_____\ That auto-crossing beagle, /_______\ Snoopy |___| BMWCCA, Windy City Chapter ____|___|_____ ihnp4!ihuxl!seifert
gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (05/04/84)
Guy is pronounced "Ghee" not "Ghiye". Giga-'s pronunciation can be looked up in the dictionary for those who really care.