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 Definitions for nano: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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nano- \nan"o-\ (n[a^]n"[-o]-), pref.
1. A prefix meaning one-billionth; as, a nanogram is
one-thousandth of a microgram.
[PJC]
2. Very small; submicroscopic; -- used to designate sizes
smaller than those that would be referred to as {micro-};
as, nanoscale manipulations.
[PJC]
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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nano /nan'oh/ n. [CMU: from `nanosecond'] A brief period of time. "Be
with you in a nano" means you really will be free shortly, i.e., implies
what mainstream people mean by "in a jiffy" (whereas the hackish use of
`jiffy' is quite different -- see jiffy).
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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nano- pref. [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning * 10^(-9)]
Smaller than {micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative
way. Thus, one has {nanotechnology} (coined by hacker K. Eric Drexler)
by analogy with `microtechnology'; and a few machine architectures have
a `nanocode' level below `microcode'. Tom Duff at Bell Labs has also
pointed out that "Pi seconds is a nanocentury". See also
{quantifiers}, {pico-}, nanoacre, nanobot, nanocomputer,
nanofortnight.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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nano-
/nan'oh/ 1. A prefix meaning 10^-9 or one billionth.
Used loosely to mean "small", e.g. nanotechnology, or
(rarely), following "nanosecond", to mean a short time,
e.g. "I'll be with you in a nano".
[Jargon File]
(2002-03-02)
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