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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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