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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>microfortnight</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="MicroDroid.html" title="MicroDroid"/><link rel="next" href="microLenat.html" title="microLenat"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">microfortnight</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="MicroDroid.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="microLenat.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="microfortnight"/><dt xmlns="" id="microfortnight"><b>microfortnight</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1/1000000 of the fundamental unit of time in the
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Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is
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1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 9 imperial gallons; the mass unit of the
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system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a
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lot of tuning parameters that you can set with the SYSGEN utility, and one
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of these is TIMEPROMPTWAIT, the time the system will wait for an operator
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to set the correct date and time at boot if it realizes that the current
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value is bogus. This time is specified in microfortnights!</p><p>Multiple uses of the millifortnight (about 20 minutes) and
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<a href="../N/nanofortnight.html"><i class="glossterm">nanofortnight</i></a> have also been reported.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="MicroDroid.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="microLenat.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">MicroDroid<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>microLenat</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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