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  2. Dram (unit) - Wikipedia

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    dram now meant only avoirdupois drams, which were 1 ⁄ 16 of an avoirdupois ounce. An ounce consisted of 437.5 grains, thus making the dram exactly 27.34375 grains. drachm now meant only apothecaries' drachms, which were 1 ⁄ 8 of an apothecaries' ounce of 480 grains, or equal to 60 grains.

  3. Apothecaries' system - Wikipedia

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    English-speaking countries also used a system of units of fluid measure, or in modern terminology volume units, based on the apothecaries' system. Originally, the terms and symbols used to describe the volume measurements of liquids were the same as or similar to those used to describe weight measurements of solids [33] (for example, the pound by weight and the fluid pint were both referred to ...

  4. Grain (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The grain was the legal foundation of traditional English weight systems, [5] and is the only unit that is equal throughout the troy, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems of mass. [6]: C-6 The unit was based on the weight of a single grain of barley which was equal to about + 4 ⁄ 3 the weight of a single grain of wheat.

  5. Memory scrubbing - Wikipedia

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    On some systems, not only the main memory (DRAM-based) is capable of scrubbing but also the CPU caches (SRAM-based). On most systems the scrubbing rates for both can be set independently. Because cache is much smaller than the main memory, the scrubbing for caches does not need to happen as frequently.

  6. Scruple (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The scruple is 8 ⁄ 175 of an ounce (or 1 ⁄ 24 of a troy ounce), 1 ⁄ 3 dram, or 20 grains: [1] it is therefore exactly 1.2959782 grams. The Roman scruple was 11.875% smaller, therefore being exactly 1.14208078875 grams.

  7. Avoirdupois - Wikipedia

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    In 1588 Queen Elizabeth increased the weight of the avoirdupois pound to 7000 grains and added the troy grain to the avoirdupois weight system. Prior to 1588, the "part" (1 ⁄ 16 ounce) was the smallest unit in the avoirdupois weight system. In the 18th century, the "part" was renamed "drachm".

  8. Dynamic random-access memory - Wikipedia

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    The structure providing the capacitance, as well as the transistors that control access to it, is collectively referred to as a DRAM cell. They are the fundamental building block in DRAM arrays. Multiple DRAM memory cell variants exist, but the most commonly used variant in modern DRAMs is the one-transistor, one-capacitor (1T1C) cell.

  9. Minim (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The minim (abbreviated min, ♏︎ or ♍︎) is a unit of volume in both the imperial and U.S. customary systems of measurement. Specifically, in the imperial system, it is 1 ⁄ 60 of an imperial fluid drachm [1] [2] or 1 ⁄ 480 of an imperial fluid ounce; in the U.S. customary system, it is 1 ⁄ 60 of a US customary fluid dram or 1 ⁄ 480 of a US customary fluid ounce.