[Coco] a quick question

[Rogelio Perea]

Always wondered why Tandy / Radio Shack ever named the minimum file
allocation space on the floppy disk a "GRANULE". Ahh!, a quick check at
Wikipedia brought back this:

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In computer terms: A granule is a unit of contiguous (adjacent/bordering)
virtual memory allocation.
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Webster's on-line dictionary facilities threw back:

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Etymology:Late Latin *granulum,* diminutive of Latin *granum* grainDate:1652
1*:* a small particle; *especially* *:* one of numerous particles forming a
larger unit
2*:* any of the small short-lived brilliant spots on the sun's photosphere
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:-)


-=[ Rogelio ]=-


On Dec 27, 2007 3:57 AM, Willard Goosey <goosey at virgo.sdc.org> wrote:

> >Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:26:30 -0800
> >From: "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at gmail.com>
> >
> >Tracks 0 - 34 Directory on 17
> >Sectors 1 - 18
>
> And granules 0-68
>
> Willard