[comp.sys.amiga.tech] Fractionating

peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (07/27/88)

In article <gibberish> kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
> I choose not to contribute to this fractionating [is that a word ?]...

Fractionation is the name given to the process by which crude oil is
divided into lighter and heavier fractions. I suspect that it would be
a painful process if applied to a net reader.