Ano-: [SI: The Next Quantifier Below {micro-}; Meaning * 10^(-9)] Pref.

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:nano-: [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning *
10^(-9)] pref. 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 AI Hackers Dictionary

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