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  2. Decimal time - Wikipedia

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    The large dial shows the ten hours of the decimal day in Arabic numerals, while the small dial shows the two 12-hour periods of the standard 24-hour day in Roman numerals. Decimal time is the representation of the time of day using units which are decimally related. This term is often used specifically to refer to the French Republican calendar ...

  3. Duodecimal - Wikipedia

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    The duodecimal system, also known as base twelve or dozenal, is a positional numeral system using twelve as its base. In duodecimal, the number twelve is denoted "10", meaning 1 twelve and 0 units; in the decimal system, this number is instead written as "12" meaning 1 ten and 2 units, and the string "10" means ten.

  4. 4-bit computing - Wikipedia

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    32. 64. 128. v. t. e. 4-bit computing is the use of computer architectures in which integers and other data units are 4 bits wide. 4-bit central processing unit (CPU) and arithmetic logic unit (ALU) architectures are those that are based on registers or data buses of that size. A group of four bits is also called a nibble and has 2 4 = 16 ...

  5. Binary-coded decimal - Wikipedia

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    The memory of the IBM 1620 is organized into 6-bit addressable digits, the usual 8, 4, 2, 1 plus F, used as a flag bit and C, an odd parity check bit. BCD alphamerics are encoded using digit pairs, with the "zone" in the even-addressed digit and the "digit" in the odd-addressed digit, the "zone" being related to the 12 , 11 , and 0 "zone ...

  6. Orders of magnitude (time) - Wikipedia

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    An order of magnitude of time is usually a decimal prefix or decimal order-of-magnitude quantity together with a base unit of time, like a microsecond or a million years. In some cases, the order of magnitude may be implied (usually 1), like a "second" or "year". In other cases, the quantity name implies the base unit, like "century".

  7. HP-35 - Wikipedia

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    Length: 5.8 inches (150 mm), width: 3.2 inches (81 mm), height: 0.7–1.3 inches (18–33 mm) The HP-35 was Hewlett-Packard 's first pocket calculator and the world's first scientific pocket calculator: [1] a calculator with trigonometric and exponential functions. It was introduced in 1972.

  8. Epoch (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, an epoch is a fixed date and time used as a reference from which a computer measures system time. Most computer systems determine time as a number representing the seconds removed from a particular arbitrary date and time. For instance, Unix and POSIX measure time as the number of seconds that have passed since Thursday 1 January ...

  9. Decimal separator - Wikipedia

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    1) Space, the internationally recommended thousands separator. 2) Period (or full stop), the thousands separator used in many non-English speaking countries. 3) Comma, the thousands separator used in most English-speaking countries. A decimal separator is a symbol that separates the integer part from the fractional part of a number written in ...