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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 10:28:09 pm by StuartYeates Revert
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 This has a number of meanings in the computer world. 
  
 !!1. An [Acronym] for __L__ibrary __O__f __C__ongress. 
-This is a unit of storage capacity. For example - "our highspeed link could transfer 3 library of congresses [[sic] in 3.5 seconds". 
+This is a unit of storage capacity or rate of transmission . For example - "our highspeed link could transfer 3 library of congresses [[sic] in 3.5 seconds". 
  
 !!2. A field in the [DNS] system for location. 
  $ host -t LOC waikato.ac.nz 
  waikato.ac.nz. LOC 37 48 30.000 S 175 17 36.000 E 66.00m 3000m 30m 10m 
  
 xtraceroute(1) will use these records if it can find them. Unfortunately not many sites use them yet. 
  
 !!3 An [Acronym] for __L__ines __O__f __C__ode 
+The is a incredibly poor measure of the size of a project sometimes used by [Management] in SoftwareEngineering.