COMPUTRON
\kəmpˈʌtɹɒn], \kəmpˈʌtɹɒn], \k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_t_ɹ_ɒ_n]\
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/kom'pyoo-tron"/ 1. A notional unit of computing powercombining execution speed and storage capacity. E.g. "Thatmachine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!"2. A mythical subatomic particle that carries computation orinformation, in much the same way that an electron carrieselectric charge (see also bogon).
By Denis Howe
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silver iodide
- an iodide that is used photography, seeding clouds to make rain, and in medicine Argenti iodidum.