On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 02:39:59PM -0400, Jake Mohnkern wrote:
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> If you prefer Latin you could call it a sedet.
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The problem being, in Latin that means "let it sit".  Sedecimet?  Ech.

Donald Knuth apparently suggested "senidenary" as an alternative to the
word "hexidecimal", saying that it meant "grouped by 16".


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