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  1. Path: ppp13.cpod.fr!user
  2. From: cmi-caen@mail.cpod.fr (Olivier DUCROT)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
  4. Subject: Re: What does the "k" actually stand for?
  5. Date: 30 Mar 1996 15:57:57 GMT
  6. Organization: CMI Applecenter
  7. Message-ID: <cmi-caen-3003961610260001@ppp13.cpod.fr>
  8. References: <4j94v4$8ca@news.vscht.cz>
  9. NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp13.cpod.fr
  10.  
  11. the 'k' stands for thousand. It means all processors from the 680x0 family
  12. called the 68 thousands family and then the 68k family
  13.