Units (computer program)

units is a Unix computer program for conversion of units of weights and measures. It has a huge database of units, including esoteric and historical units. This for instance allows you to convert velocities specified in furlongs per fortnight, if you really wish.

Related Topics:
Unix - Computer program - Weights and measures - Unit - Esoteric - Furlong - Fortnight

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The database units.dat, in plain text format, is in fact a good source of information in itself.

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units has been a standard part of Unix since the early Bell Laboratories versions.

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The GNU free software version is written by Adrian Mariano.

Related Topics:
GNU - Free software - Adrian Mariano

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