On 12-Feb-01 Howard W. LUDWIG wrote:
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> Items like "kg" are referred to in English as symbols, not as names.
> Do German physicists use different terminology?  Perhaps we are
> getting confused by the physics concept of "name" (for which
> "kilogram" qualifies, but not "kg" )versus the Ada concept
> of object "names" (or, more properly, identifiers for which both
> kilogram and kg could qualify).  Isn't overloading of terminology
> fun?

Yes and I am sure You�ve described at least my confusion correctly. I�ve
studied physics but I have to confess that I don�t remember how I used
these words before I became a programmer.

Wilhelm