Replace 'TH/s' with a name? or simpler term? - page 2.

Cyberdyne

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Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on July 31, 2013, 06:15:35 PM

The base unit is hash/second

We don't use a special name for Kilowatts or Megawatts, it is just a prefix (i.e. Kilowatt = 1000 watts) and the base units watts.

I think OP is more specifically referring to the "per second' part.

A better example would be Hertz which means 'cycles per second'.

When we talk about CPU's we don't go around saying "3 Gigacycles per second" we say 3 gigahertz.

OP has asked a legitimate question, in my opinion.

Actually come to think of it, simply using Hz is appropriate here. "My cards are hashing at 20 gigahertz" makes sense.

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Derps per lunar cycle.

Meni Rosenfeld

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Terahash, not terrahash. Terra = earth, Tera = SI prefix based on teras = monster.

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Quote from: wolverine.ks on July 31, 2013, 06:14:16 PM

Often in science units are replaced with a name. Think Kelvin, Celcius, Watt, Ampere, Pascal, Coulomb, Volt, etc.... Similarly, that has also happened with the 'satoshi' replacing the smallest current denomination of bitcoins.

As the term 'Terrahash per second' is a mouthful, what do people think about replacing that with a name or a simpler term?

If you were going to rename it, what would you call it? Would you use a person's name? Whose name would you use?

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TH/s is simple enough.

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When I read "TH/s" or "GH/s", I pronounce them in my head as "terrahash" or "gigahash", but I don't think we need to actually call them that. D&T is right: we don't need to adjust anything.

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What about terrahash? That might be a good name for thash. Aint it?

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The base unit is hash/second

We don't use a special name for Kilowatts or Megawatts, it is just a prefix (i.e. Kilowatt = 1000 watts) and the base units watts.

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Often in science units are replaced with a name. Think Kelvin, Celcius, Watt, Ampere, Pascal, Coulomb, Volt, etc.... Similarly, that has also happened with the 'satoshi' replacing the smallest current denomination of bitcoins.

As the term 'Terrahash per second' is a mouthful, what do people think about replacing that with a name or a simpler term?

If you were going to rename it, what would you call it? Would you use a person's name? Whose name would you use?

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