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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.
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