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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
microfortnight
One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the
Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec.
(A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel;
the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water).
The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that
you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one of these is
TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator
to set the correct date and time at boot if it realises that
the current value is bogus. This time is specified in
microfortnights!
Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and
nanofortnight have also been reported.
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
microfortnight n. 1/1000000 of the fundamental unit of time in the
Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong
is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the
system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a
lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and
one of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an
operator to set the correct date and time at boot if it realizes that
the current value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights!
Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and
nanofortnight have also been reported.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
microfortnight
n.
(lb en humorous) A period of time equal to one millionth of a
fortnight, or exactly 1.2096 seconds.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
microfortnight
n.
(lb en humorous) A period of time equal to one millionth of a
fortnight, or exactly 1.2096 seconds.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
microfortnight
n.
(lb en humorous) A period of time equal to one millionth of a
fortnight, or exactly 1.2096 seconds.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
microfortnight
n.
(lb en humorous) A period of time equal to one millionth of a
fortnight, or exactly 1.2096 seconds.
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